The European Union’s Directive 2001/55/EC has been activated in order to enable immediate and temporary refuge in the European Union to (mainly, but not restricted) those Ukrainian nationals residing in Ukraine who have been displaced on or after 24 February 2022, as a result of the military invasion by Russian armed forces that began on that date.1 (For related coverage, see GMS Flash Alert 2022-045, 4 March 2022.)
Also, the European Commission published a comprehensive overview of facilitation measures concerning border controls, part of the bloc’s Schengen rules, while still ensuring the necessary level of border checks.2