On 16 December 2024 Olena Nihreieva, professor of the Department of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Cadiz, participated in the Round Table “The Ukrainian Crisis and International Protection”, organized by the University of Cadiz and the SEA-EU Observatory for Migration and Human Rights.

This activity, moderated by Marcela Yasmín Iglesias Onofrio, Vice-Rector for Internationalization at the University of Cádiz, was the official closing of the University-Shelter Plan 2023-2024 implemented by the University of Cádiz.

The presentation of Prof. Nihreieva was dedicated to the topic: “Three Years of Temporary Protection for Ukrainians in the EU and Spain: Results and Challenges”. In this context the issues of temporary protection implementation by the EU members states were touched upon. Special attention was paid to the Ukrainians’ experience in Spain. The future prospects of the development of temporary protection as a tool for migration management in the EU were debated.

Other speeches delivered at the Round Table are listed below:

• “The University-Refuge Plan 2023-2024 of the University of Cadiz”, by Anna Lopatina, graduate of the University of Cadiz and the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine), and collaborator for the University-Refuge Plan of the University of Cadiz;
• “My Work Experience as a Translator and Interpreter at CEAR with Ukrainian Refugees”, by Anastasiia Zelenkova, graduate of the University of Cadiz and the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv;
• “Our Experience as Ukrainian Teachers under International Protection in Spain and the Collaboration with the University of Cadiz”, by Oleksandr Drozdov, professor at Stepan Demianchuk International University of Economics and Humanities (Rivne, Ukraine), and Olena Ostapenko, professor at Simon Kuznets National University of Economics (Kharkiv, Ukraine), representing the group of teachers that currently stay at the University of Cadiz under the University-Shelter Plan;
• “Reflections on the Collaboration between Spanish and Ukrainian Universities during the War”, by Oleksandr Pronkevych, president of the Association of Hispanists of Ukraine and professor at the Catholic University of Ukraine (Lviv, Ukraine).