No place to stay: a small space in France for Ukrainian refugees
For more than three years after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in France face a new kind of uncertainty: tight budgets and always small political support.
Countries such as Germany and Poland continue to welcome most of the conflict, however, France is only welcome Under the “temporary security” position of the 55 000 Ukrainians, the EU (EU), in Germany alone, compared to 1.18 million.
Since March 2022, temporary security level allows the Ukrainians to avoid traditional asylum process and access Quickly A normal subsidy for asylum applicants up to 426 euros per month in France’s school and children’s school and children’s schools and children.
The regime in France ended in March 2025, and finally extended due to continuous conflict until March 2026.
But when the war is pulling and the economic tensions are increased, the French government is increasingly difficult to support Ukrainian refugees.
We arrived at the end of a system
One of the main issues is shelter. Immediately after the Russian invasion, the French government mobilized more than 19,500 places in emergency shelters for the Ukrainian, but, but, Second to SimateThese numbers were down, declined to 13,000 places by 2023, nine thousand by 2024 and four thousand in 2025.
The government has also introduced the lease intermediate schemes known as ILM, which allows for companies and NGOs to subdue private settlements to vulnerable Ukrainian families. About 30,000 homes are available, but now the system is also failing.
One step State bulletin French prime minister Fran ுவ ois Baruwal was sent in December 2024, and by 2025, only 11 thousand seats in ILM will be funded, which is much less than the required number.
The other question is that the organizations that make refugees available to apartments must raise money for the companion, but their own budgets are taken into the range.
Nadia Soloka France-Carwrania Do Senate, the centralist Senator and chairman of the friendly group, noticed this situation in real time.
“By 2023 and 2024, these associations improved home costs, but because the state was financial complex, they were only repaid on December 30 every year.
“Because of this, I am afraid that some organizations have failed to help the Ukrainians. The government will take a long time to return them.
With the lack of the background, the aid groups in France are afraid of a crisis.
“Refugees are very concerned because the support is over. We are in a huge financial crisis in France. They don’t know what happens. It is generally very restricted, but now we are actually at the end of the organization,” Sologub said.
Some Ukrainian families now live in fear that they will lose their shelter. 2024 Autumn, Societies They gave the alarm Many Eastern Francis of France received the warnings out of ILM housing.
AdvertisementThanks to protecting the media coverage and reasons, they were allowed to stay, but the prototype was very confused, according to the Violet Mosalu, operating a Franco-Circuit Association in the region.
Temporary security or asylum?
In addition, the temporary security regime is tested. French authorities are pressuring Ukrainian refugees to ask for asylum.
The temporary regime cannot benefit from certain types of social aid, such as the RSA (active unity income) or the help of disabled. And as the war continues, temporary protection begins to resemble a permanent legs.
Senator Nadia puts pressure to change the situation. “I presented a bill testing by the Senate on May 14. This will allow people under temporary security, the same social rights that have been granted asylum to the IML regime … except that they can return home.”
AdvertisementHe criticizes the confusion of government news: “At the national level, ‘We are here. In our heart, our Ukrainian brothers greeted with all the generous attitude, but when the budget 2025 reached the budget, the background is unable to get the background.”
Since January 2022, France has spent 4.32 billion euros at the reception of Ukrainian refugees, According to Statista.
In February, Parliament accepted a long -term and controversial budget plan, aimed at reducing 30 billion euros and increasing tax to 20 billion, which restricts France to 5.4% of GDP this year.
As the state -funded support regimes are fighting, more Ukrainians ask for asylum.
AdvertisementBy 2024, France received more than 11,800 asylum demands from the Ukrainians – it is four times more than the previous year, which creates Ukraine The second largest country of asylum applicantsAfter Afghanistan. But this brings your own problems.
“Our government services are already overloaded by asylum requests,” Selocop told Euronevas. “It takes a long time to get these documents. In addition, we don’t do what we wanted to do first.”
The initial goal is to create a way of returning home after the war, the Ukraine did not force them to the long -term asylum.
Contrary to temporary security, the state of the refugees prevents its holder from returning to its own country.
AdvertisementAt the same time, the objectives to return to their country of Ukrainians have declined significantly over time, from 52% to 31% in 2023 in 2023 According to the European Union Agency for asylum.
Although France does not directly reduce the support of Ukrainian refugees, this is a view of a vast change across the continent, where the support of Ukrainian refugees is constantly reduced.
By December 2024, the Swiss Parliament banned temporary security for people from the attacked or occupied zones in Ukraine. And Germany and Estonia Reduced help And access to services for Ukrainians.
