Articles scientifiques Droit de la migration, des étrangers et de l’asile

Evolving legal precarity?

The case of persons displaced from Ukraine

Maja Lysienia

Stefanie Kurt

Proposition de citation: Maja Lysienia / Stefanie Kurt, Evolving legal precarity?, in : Jusletter 14 avril 2025

The article analyses the legal frameworks adopted by the EU Member States and Switzerland in response to the mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine, i.e., temporary protection and protection status S. It compares and discusses different rights, such as access to the labour market, social welfare, mobility and integration measures, and highlights how European states have changed their legal frameworks over time to shape and form these new legal statuses. The article highlights how those legal changes turned into legal precarity for beneficiaries, instead of solidarity-based actions and discharges of the asylum system.

Table des matières

1. Introduction
2. Temporariness of the protection
- 2.1. The Asylum Act in Switzerland
- 2.2. The Temporary Protection Directive
- 2.3. The inherent precarity of the temporariness
3. Evolving rights, benefits and measures
- 3.1. Access to the labour market
  - 3.1.1. Employment
  - 3.1.2. Self-employment
  - 3.1.3. Facilitating labour market access
- 3.2. Social welfare
  - 3.2.1. Financial support
  - 3.2.2. Accommodation
- 3.3. Mobility
  - 3.3.1. Travelling within the host state
  - 3.3.2. Travelling abroad
- 3.4. Integration
4. Conclusion