The EU Council of Ministers can decide on a further extension of up to one year. Thus temporary protection can be obtained for at the most three years. If the situation in the country of origin changes for the better, the EU Member States can decide to end the protection. Those receiving temporary protection in an EU Member State will be given the right to work, housing, emergency health care, maintenance support and education. The basic idea is that the family should be reunited.
Individual countries can have more far-reaching undertakings.
Temporary protection can apply both to those arriving spontaneously from a crisis and those brought by a humanitarian evacuation, for example. Any of them may submit an application for asylum at any time and gain a hearing regarding the need for more long-term protection. The authorities are required to hear the application by the time the period of temporary protection expires. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has informed the EU in writing that this procedure has been accepted. The common procedure also means rules aimed at achieving an even division of responsibility and solidarity between the Member States.