The BCRM as a project partner National Integration Evaluation Mechanism (NIEM) presents a short analysis entitled “Surprised? How underdeveloped refugee integration policies will hinder the integration of people displaced by the war in Ukraine”. The document examines the readiness of the member states participating in the project, including Bulgaria, to accept people with temporary protection from Ukraine. Authored by Alexander Wolfhard of the Migration Policy Group. The analysis examines the implications of EU Member States’ integration policy frameworks on the long-term integration prospects of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, using data from the NIEM project. The analysis notes that the newly introduced provisions under the EU Temporary Protection Directive differ from the legal framework in place for international protection seekers who are granted protection as a result of a positive asylum procedure. The author points out that the state of the countries’ overall framework for refugee integration clearly has an impact on the member states’ ability to adapt to the new circumstances of a mass movement of refugees from Ukraine.
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