12
December
2023

​Fleeing Ukraine: Implementing temporary protection at local levels

Legal migration and integration
Asylum, migration and borders
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced millions of people to flee. Arriving in EU countries, they received protection in EU law under the Temporary Protection Directive. Many have begun to build a new life in their host country and enrich our societies in new ways. Local authorities took the lead in ensuring access to fundamental rights under temporary protection. This report explores the measures to ensure access to housing, education, employment and healthcare in 26 cities and regional authorities across 12 EU Member States. Despite unprecedented coordination and cooperation to overcome challenges, many uncertainties remain. Longer-term solutions will be needed after the directive expires in March 2025. Based on the information collected, the report identifies 12 priority actions and builds on FRA’s bulletins and survey findings on experiences of people displaced from Ukraine.
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Annex 2 – Stakeholders consulted


Austria


Styria

  • Integration Centre Styria (Regional Consulting Centre of the Austrian Integration Fund) – 24 January 2023.
  • Public Employment Service, regional branch, Graz – 23 December 2022.
  • Department of Education and Integration, City of Graz – 12 January 2023.


Vienna

  • Office of the Vice Mayor of Vienna and Executive City Councillor for Education, Youth, Integration and Transparency – 31 January 2023.
  • Public Employment Service, regional branch – 27 January 2023.
  • Vienna Social Fund – 24 January 2023.


Belgium


Bruges

  • Coordinator of the City Council – 27 January 2023.
  • Guide in diversity – 2 February 2023.
  • PSCW President and coordinators of the City Council and the PCSW – 10 January 2023.
  • Coordinator of the PCSW – 23 January 2023.
  • VIVES University – 24 January 2023.


Brussels

  • Coordinator at the Brussels Capital Region – 31 January 2023.
  • Manager of collective facility Hotel Leopold – 6 February 2023.
  • Helpdesk Ukraine, Caritas International – 2 February 2023.
  • Assistant coordinator of the Ukraine team at the PCSW of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre – 8 February 2023.
  • Schools Service of the Brussels Government Centre for Expertise, Perspective. Brussels – 21 February 2023.
  • Host families project manager, Municipality of Schaarbeek – 30 January 2023.


Czechia


Prague

  • Prague Municipality – 20 and 25 January, 3 February and 23 March 2023.
  • Centre for Follow-up Support of Ukrainian Refugees – 24 March 2022 and 3 February 2023.
  • NGO META – 20 January 2023.
  • Labour Office – 15 February 2023


Trutnov

  • Municipal official from Trutnov who coordinated most municipally led initiatives concerning displaced people from Ukraine – 17 February 2023.
  • Municipal office worker – 17 and 27 February 2023.
  • Community centre – 3 March 2023.


Estonia


National level

  • Ministry of Education and Science – 30 January 2023.
  • Ministry of Social Affairs – 30 March 2022.
  • Unemployment Insurance Fund – 30 January 2023.
  • Labour Inspectorate – 5 January 2023.
  • Social Insurance Board – 6 February 2023.


Saaremaa

  • Saaremaa Municipality Government – 12 January 2023.


Tallinn

  • Head of the Department for Supporting the Integration of New Immigrants, Tallinn City Government – 17 January 2023.
  • Education Department, Tallinn City Government – 10 January 2023.


France


National level

  • Pedagogical Continuity project, Ministry of Education, – 3 March 2023
  • Department of Education, Prevention and Family Ties, French Red Cross.


Alpes-Maritimes

  • NGO Agir pour le Lien social et la Citoyenneté, manager of collective housing for temporary protection beneficiaries.
  • French Association of Ukrainians of the Côte d’Azur, 18 January 2023.


Île-de-France

  • NGO France terre d’asile, operating in the main registration centres for displaced people from Ukraine in Paris – 25 January 2023.
  • NGO Equalis, manager of collective housing for temporary protection beneficiaries – 27 January 2023.
  • Mon coeur ukrainien – 18 January 2023.


Germany


Berlin

  • Berlin State Office for Refugee Affairs – January 2023.
  • Department of Integration and Migration, Berlin Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs – January 2023.
  • Department for Family Affairs and Early Childhood Learning, Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family Affairs – January 2023.
  • Department for Education, Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family Affairs – February 2023.
  • Department of Labour and Vocational Education, Berlin Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs – January 2023.
  • Regional directorate Berlin-Brandenburg – January 2023.


Stuttgart

  • Foreigners’ Authority Stuttgart – January 2023.
  • Department of Youth and Education Stuttgart – January 2023.
  • Education Authority Stuttgart – January 2023.
  • Department of Social Affairs and Integration – January 2023.
  • Migration Department, Jobcenter – January 2023.


Uckermark

  • Department II (District Social Welfare Office, Jobcenter Uckermark, District Youth Welfare Office, Integration Commissioner, District Public Health Office), District Administration Uckermark – January 2023.
  • Foreigners’ Authority of Uckermark – January 2023.
  • Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Brandenburg – January 2023.
  • District Department of Social Affairs, Uckermark, 16 December 2022.


Ireland


National level

  • Irish Refugee Council – 23 January 2023.
  • Cairde – 12 January 2023.


Dublin

  • City of Dublin REALT – 16 February 2023.
  • South Dublin County Council – 23 January 2023.
  • Educate Together – 15 February 2023.


Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (Dublin)

  • Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council – 27 January 2023.


Kerry

  • Kerry Education and Training Board – 23 February 2023.
  • Kerry HSE – 1 March 2023.


Italy


Naples

  • Global Inequality and Migration Unit, ActionAid – 12 January 2023.
  • Cidis Onlus – 9 March 2023.
  • Representative of Campania region – 9 March 2023.


Rome

  • Social Policy Department – 5 December 2022.


Poland


Katowice

  • Katowice Labour Office – 26 January 2023.
  • Education Department of Katowice municipal authority – 9 January 2023.


Lublin

  • Strategy and Entrepreneurship Office of Lublin municipal authority – 13 January 2023.
  • Education department of Lublin municipal authority – 7 February 2023.
  • Initiatives and Social Programmes Department of Lublin municipal authority – 10 February 2023.
  • Healthcare Department of Lublin municipal authority – 5 January 2023.


Warsaw

  • Labour Office of Warsaw City Council – 4 January 2023.
  • Education Office of Warsaw City Council – 5 January 2023.
  • Healthcare Department of Warsaw City Council – 21 February 2023.
  • Assistance and Social Projects Department of Warsaw City Council – 20 and 21 February 2023.


Romania


Bucharest

  • Head of General Directorate for Social Assistance and Child Protection – 7 February 2023.
  • School Inspectorate Bucharest – 8 February 2023.
  • Bucharest Centre for Coordination and Management of the Intervention – multiple meetings between January and March 2023.


Constanța

  • Centre for Management and Coordination of Intervention – 6 February 2023.
  • Constanța County School Inspectorate – 15 February 2023.
  • Public Health Department – 20 March 2023.


Slovakia


National level

  • National Labour Inspectorate – 18 January 2023.
  • Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – 26 January 2023.


Bratislava

  • District Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – 20 January 2023.
  • Mareena – 27 January 2023.
  • Head of emergency room, Assistance Centre at Bottova St – 25 January 2023.
  • Head of outpatient clinic for temporary protection holders from Ukraine at Rovniankova St – 23 January 2023 and 1 March 2023.
  • Tenenet, Assistance Centre at Bottova St. – 13 and 27 January 2023
  • Human Rights League – 23 January 2023.
  • District Office – 27 January 2023.
  • Centre for Educational Analysis – 19 January 2023.
  • Head of Education Department, Old Town City Office – 20 January 2023.
  • Head of Integration Department, City Office – 19 January 2023.


Nitra

  • COMIN centre – 18 and 25 January 2023.
  • District Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family – 2 February 2023.
  • Head of Education Department, City Office – 18 January 2023.
  • Mareena – 24 January 2023.


Sweden


Gothenburg and Malmö

  • Swedish Migration Agency – 27 January and 3 March 2023.


Gothenburg

  • Västra Götaland Regional Council – 3 February 2023.
  • Department for Assigned Housing – 12 December 2022.
  • Department for Compulsory Education – 30 November 2022 and 7 February 2023.
  • Department for Preschools – 23 February 2023.
  • Department for Upper Secondary Education – 21 February 2023.


Malmö

  • Scania Regional Council – 9 December 2022.
  • Department of Labour Market and Social Welfare – 30 November and December 2022.
  • Department for Preschools – 23 February 2023.
  • Department for Upper Secondary Education – 8 March 2023.
  • Swedish Employment Agency, local branch – 13 January 2023.
  • Department for Compulsory Education – 30 November 2022.