temporary protection
Interim defensive measure
Temporary protection is a legal status granted to people fleeing danger, allowing them to remain in a host country for a limited period without full refugee determination.
Governments typically invoke it during mass displacement events—wars, natural disasters, or humanitarian crises—when processing individual asylum claims would overwhelm the system.
The country extended temporary protection to those fleeing the conflict.
The status usually includes work authorization and basic rights but lacks the permanence of asylum or refugee status.
- safe havenProtected place of shelter
- safe passageProtected transit through danger
- refugee statusLegal protection for displaced persons
- emergency shelterTemporary housing during disasters
- asylumShelter from persecution
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