- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined his vision for the EU’s future migration policy in Prague on Monday (29 August), urging the bloc to find a balance between solidarity and protection of external borders.
- The Temporary Protection Directive, a mechanism set up following the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia to provide immediate and temporary protection for a mass influx of displaced people, was activated for the first time following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February following adoption by the European Council on 4 March.
- The Chancellor highlighted the work on migration policy reform under the French Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of the year.
Scholz lays out vision for future EU migration policy
