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What can business do to support people displaced by the conflict in Ukraine?

  • 25 April 2022

What can business do to support people displaced by the conflict in Ukraine?

Businesses can help support the inclusion of Ukrainian refugees in their host countries, and many companies are already stepping up in different ways. ICC and IOM have worked together to provide this guidance on steps companies can take to respond to the conflict and the resulting displacement.

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Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, over 5 million people have left Ukraine and crossed into neighbouring countries; as of 25 April, over 7.7 million people have been internally displaced. As the conflict intensifies and the number of displaced people increases, the focus of the global community on short-term humanitarian assistance will be accompanied by longer-term, sustainable assistance aimed at the successful inclusion of displaced people into host communities, including employment and income-generating opportunities.

Under the European Union’s Temporary Protection Directive,  EU Member States are working to provide immediate support and resettlement for Ukrainian refugees. Ukrainians and third country nationals who fulfil the eligibility requirements to benefit from temporary protection have the immediate right to receive one year residency permits (renewable up to three years) in European Union Member States and Switzerland, and by extension the right to employment, housing, healthcare and education. Beneficiaries of temporary protection must first register with the country or municipality where they intend to reside as a pre-condition for accessing socioeconomic rights.

Many companies in different sectors are already stepping up to support displaced Ukrainians in different ways.   This resource provides comprehensive, practical guidance on the immediate and medium-term steps companies can take to respond to the conflict and the resulting displacement.

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