Lessons for Reform from the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

Lessons for Reform from the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis by Professor Raquel Aldana

This policy brief published by the UC Davis Global Migration Center documents and contextualizes the legal and humanitarian aid responses to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Largely through temporary protection mechanisms, Ukrainian refugees have experienced open-door policies and practices that have facilitated their mobility and economic and social integration. There are many important lessons to be learned from the world’s welcoming and generous response to Ukrainian refugees. This policy brief provides four recommendations centered around important reforms to temporary protected measures, continuing permanent resettlement options, adopting fair burden-sharing mechanism, and granting equal treatment to other refugee populations.

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