In March 2001, the EU agreed a directive providing temporary protection for non-EU nationals fleeing conflict. In 2022, it revived the directive to allow displaced communities in Ukraine to settle in the EU. Niruka Sanjeewani argues this undermines the EU’s human rights policies, and weakens its efforts to create more legitimate asylum mechanisms
Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Faculty of Defence and Strategic Studies, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka / PhD candidate in International Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Niruka holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations and an MA in International Relations from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Her research interests include areas related to international politics, migration and refugee studies.
She has published many research papers on theories of international relations, international migration, refugees and asylum seekers in Asia, and postwar reconciliation in Sri Lanka.
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