Discrepancies in the European Union’s Responses: Syrian versus Ukrainian Refugee Crises

Year 2024, Volume: 24 Issue: 2, 114 - 127, 26.11.2024

İrem Aşkar Karakır , Fulya Akgül Durakçay

https://doi.org/10.25294/auiibfd.1511462

Abstract

Irregular refugee flows have always constituted a serious concern for the European Union (EU). Thirteen years have passed since the starting of the Syrian Civil War and the number of displaced Syrians reached over 14 million (UNHCR 2024). While the Syrian refugee crisis was unfolding, Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has led to the emergence of an additional refugee crisis: the Ukrainian refugee crisis. The number of displaced Ukrainians reached nearly 6.5 million (UNHCR 2024). In the case of Syrian refugees, the EU have preferred to deliver humanitarian aid to those states hosting the largest number of Syrian refugees and to control irregular Syrian refugee flows rather than providing legal grants. In contrast to the case of Syrian refugees, member states largely provided Ukrainian refugees legal protection in the form of temporary protection. In this regard, while the EU has demonstrated its full commitment to 1951 Refugee Convention (Geneva Convention) regarding Ukrainian refugees, similar adherence cannot be observed in terms of Syrian refugees. The purpose of this study is to identify the responses of the EU institutions and EU member states to Syrian and Ukrainian refugee crises. Through a comparative analysis, this study spotlights the EU’s contrasting policies and the geopolitical, social, and economic considerations influencing the divergent responses towards these two refugee populations.

Keywords

European Union, Refugee Crisis, Syrian Refugees, Ukrainian Refugees

Avrupa Bı̇rlı̇ğı̇'nı̇n Tepkilerindeki Tutarsızlıklar: Suriyeli Mülteci Krizine Kıyasla Ukraynalı Mülteci Kriz

Abstract

Düzensiz mülteci akınları Avrupa Birliği (AB) için her zaman ciddi bir endişe kaynağı olmuştur. Suriye İç Savaşı’nın başlamasından bu yana on üç yıl geçmiş ve yerinden edilen Suriyelilerin sayısı 14 milyonu aşmıştır (UNHCR 2024). Suriye mülteci krizi devam ederken, Rusya’nın Şubat 2022’de Ukrayna’yı işgal etmesi yeni bir mülteci krizinin ortaya çıkmasına neden olmuştur: Ukraynalı mülteci krizi. Yerinden edilen Ukraynalıların sayısı yaklaşık 6,5 milyona ulaşmıştır (UNHCR 2024). Suriyeli mülteciler söz konusu olduğunda AB, yasal hibe sağlamak yerine Suriyeli mültecilere ev sahipliği yapan ülkelere insani yardım sağlamayı ve düzensiz Suriyeli mülteci akışını kontrol etmeyi tercih etmiştir. Suriyeli mültecilerin durumunun aksine, AB üye devletleri Ukraynalı mültecilere büyük ölçüde geçici koruma şeklinde yasal koruma sağlamıştır. Bu bağlamda; AB, Ukraynalı mülteciler söz konusu olduğunda 1951 Mülteci Sözleşmesi’ne (Cenevre Sözleşmesi) tam bağlılığını ortaya koyarken, benzer bir bağlılık Suriyeli mülteciler açısından gözlemlenememektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, AB kurumlarının ve AB üye devletlerinin Suriyeli ve Ukraynalı mülteci krizlerine verdikleri tepkileri tespit etmektir. Karşılaştırmalı bir analiz yoluyla bu çalışma, AB’nin zıt politikalarına ve bu iki mülteci nüfusuna yönelik farklı tepkileri etkileyen jeopolitik, sosyal ve ekonomik hususlara ışık tutmaktadır.

Keywords

Avrupa Birliği, Mülteci Krizi, Suriyeli Mülteciler, Ukraynalı Mülteciler

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