EMN Finland conference 2024: Between integration and return: The future of Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection in Europe and Finland

The conference aims to address the challenges of integration in a situation where a refugee finds himself between two countries. The conference seeks to promote dialogue between different actors and to find new perspectives on how to support refugees in the limbo between integration and return. The conference will feature presentations based on the publications Labour market integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine and the application of the Temporary Protection Directive: challenges and good practices in 2023 by the European Migration Network, as well as comments on the reports by national and international experts and Ukrainians themselves. 

The second half of the conference will consist of a panel discussion on how Finland (and Europe) should in the near future organise the transition of Ukrainians into permanent residents of European countries, and on the other hand, assist those willing to return to Ukraine for the reconstruction process.