On Sunday afternoon, German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser tweeted about the first of its kind proposal from the EU Commission that all 27 EU Member States offer 3-years of asylum, without asylum procedures, for all refugees from Ukraine.
Translated by Google Translate:
Today, for the first time, we have achieved a solidarity of all EU states for the joint, fast and unbureaucratic admission of war refugees from #Ukraine. #Sondertreffen
The EU Commission has announced that it will propose the corresponding regulation by the next meeting of EU interior ministers on Thursday, which we can then adopt.
We want to apply the legal basis that was created after the Balkan wars for the first time. That means: Refugees from #Ukraine do not have to go through an asylum procedure. You get temporary protection in the EU for up to 3 years.
Today, in the face of the Russian threat, Europe has moved closer together. This is Europe’s strong response to the terrible suffering that Putin is causing with his criminal war of aggression. We stand together in solidarity at the side of the people in the #Ukraine .
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