The workshop sought to examine the proliferation of temporary protection (TP) regimes as a response to mass displacement in the post-Cold War era. It focused on key cases, in the former Yugoslavia, the Venezuelan exodus, the displacement of Syrians in Turkey, and, most recently, the mass flight of Ukrainians to the European Union following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While these TP regimes differ in their specific implementation, they exhibit common regulatory patterns that impose conditions of temporariness and uncertainty, contributing to the vulnerability and discontent of displaced populations.
By bringing together a range of TP cases, the workshop aimed to critically explore these regimes in relation to evolving practices of international protection, national and regional governance, and the lived experiences of those affected. The participants sought to situate TP regimes within the broader context of the legal frameworks, political legacies, and institutional structures that shape both policy approaches and the realities of displacement.
Tuesday, 8 July
9:15 - 9:45 Welcome coffee
9:45 - 10:00 Opening remarks
10:00 - 12:00 Session 1
A Rights-Based Approach to Migration? Latin American Legal Responses to the Arrival of Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela
Diego Acosta Arcarazo, University of Bristol
Logistical Borderlands: The Case of Temporary Protection
Manuela Bojadžijev, Humboldt-University of Berlin/ IWM Visiting Fellow
Living in Uncertainty: Syrian Practices of Homemaking under Temporary Protection in Turkey
Irem Şengül, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University
12:00 - 13:15 Lunch break
13:15 - 14:30 Session 2
Social Effects of Temporary Protection: Economic Conditions and Employment of Ukrainian Beneficiaries in Europe
Leila Hadj Abdou & Kayi Esra, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Temporary Protection and Intersectional Identities: The Case of Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Czechia
Lucie Macková, Palacký University Olomouc
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:30 Session 3
A Country of Asylum or Transit? Austrian Refugee Policy During the Cold War
Sarah Knoll, University of Vienna
Beyond Exception: The Ukrainian Displaced in Vienna and the Mazes of Temporary Protection in the EU and Global Contexts
Ayşe Çağlar, IWM/ University of Vienna; Volha Biziukova, Brown University; Ruslana Koziienko, Central European University
16:30 - 17:00 Concluding discussion
17:00 - 18:00 Closing reception
