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According to UNHCR as of the beginning of July 2022, over 5.4 million Ukrainians have left Ukraine in search of safety in neighbouring EU and third countries, including Moldova. The European Migration Network has mapped the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive by the EU Member States, triggered for the first time by the Council of the European Union on 4 March 2022 with an objective to effectively help people fleeing war in Ukraine.

Do you know what challenges migrants face in accessing mental health services, and how Member States address them? The new EMN inform maps policies in place to help legally-residing migrants access mental health services.

The European Migration Network has published the Annual Report on Migration and Asylum that provides an overview of the developments in the area in the EU Member States, Norway and Georgia in 2021. In addition to challenges related to COVID-19 pandemic, new ones occurred because of political unrest that exerted pressure on the asylum systems. As a result of new and persisting challenges, there was a need to update migration management systems and ensure the protection of refugees.

Visitors of the celebration of the Europe Day at the Old Market in Bratislava had an opportunity to get to know a new educational activity of the EMN entitled Destination Europe for the first time in the Slovak translation. Pupils, students, their teachers as well as broader public tested their knowledge on migration in Slovakia and in the world, watched a presentation video about the activity and familiarised themselves with its printed version.

What are the procedures established by Member States to place a person in detention or providing an alternative to detention? The latest study from the European Migration Network provides a comparative overview of the similarities, differences, challenges, and best practices in the use of detention and alternatives to detention, in the framework of both international protection and return procedures.