The TPD serves as a crucial tool within the EU’s Common European Asylum System. It was designed to provide immediate and temporary protection to displaced persons from outside the EU under exceptional circumstances when regular asylum procedures could not cope with a mass influx (Franssen, 2023, p. 10).1 The Directive clearly fulfils a different set of objectives and functions within a separate framework compared to the standard asylum process. The Directive can be swiftly implemented in response to significant influxes, facilitating prompt assistance without requiring individual evaluations of asylum claims. The Directive stipulates that beneficiaries of temporary protection status are granted a minimum of one year of residency in an EU member state, with the possibility of an extension to a maximum of three years. This status confers the benefit of exemption from lengthy asylum procedures, thereby reducing pressure on national asylum systems. The Directive aims to promote a balanced approach among Member States, facilitating cooperation in the reception and accommodation of displaced individuals. The Directive lays down the conditions for the activation procedure. Activation requires a proposal from the European Commission,2 followed by a decision from the Council of the European Union, which assesses whether a response to a mass influx of displaced persons is necessary and whether the activation conditions are met. The Council decides by qualified majority voting. As previously stated, the Directive was not invoked until 4 March 2022, when it was activated for the first time in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.3 Notably, the Council reached a unanimous decision to adopt the Directive, a move that can be regarded as symbolic.