Solidarité Ukraine : dispositifs de soutien

Ukrainian nationals and their families who arrive in France will be granted temporary protection (decision of the EU Council of 04/03/2022), meeting certain criteria. This temporary protection is issued for a period of 6 months and may be renewable depending on the evolution of the armed conflict. It includes the right to work, access to specific social benefits and assistance with settling in (particularly housing). Please note that this measure does not apply to Ukrainians who were already in France before the outbreak of the war.

In this regard, the Prefectures have set up a one-stop service allowing various procedures to be carried out on a single site, after an interview to evaluate immediate needs:

• application for temporary protection (Préfecture)
• affiliation to the universal healthcare system, known as PUMA (Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie)
• implementation of social assistance specific to temporary protection (Caisses d'Allocations Familiales)
• housing if necessary (via social landlords or associations for placement in foster homes).
• initial material assistance (food, clothing, etc.) provided by associations
• At the 57th Prefecture, the Guichet unique is only available by appointment (send a message to pref-deplacesukraine@moselle.gouv.fr )
• At the Préfecture 54, the Guichet unique is open every afternoon from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm (without appointment, 6, rue Ste Catherine, Nancy)

For all the procedures, you should estimate between 2.5 and 3 hours.

The Prefectures remind that only new arrivals or third-country nationals living in Ukraine with a permanent residence permit (not a student residence permit) or children of permanent residents in Ukraine are eligible for temporary protection.

This temporary protection does not concern Russian nationals who must follow the classic process of entry and stay in France (visa and residence permit).

You can send your applications for admission and registration, including applications for training in French as a Foreign Language (FLE) to this address: gestion-etudes-contact@univ-lorraine.fr

The University's Training Department will follow up and manage these matters with the components concerned.

How to find an accommodation?

• Students and researchers who have applied for temporary protection at the Prefecture can be offered accommodation with their families through the "Guichet unique" (one-stop service) set up at the Prefecture (the association of social landlords is present there);
• For the students who arrive alone and wish to be housed in a university dorm, a specific procedure (equivalent to the one for incoming exchange students) has been implemented in direct link with the Crous: the students must approach the faculties or the research units in order to be assisted;
• Other types of housing requests must be made directly to the Prefecture.
• A document dedicated to emergency housing has been created in the DRIE / International reception wiki: emergency housing.

If you need a "buffer" accommodation while waiting for the allocation of a Crous accommodation:

• The ESN Nancy association has set up a system called "SOS Canapé" which allows students who join the association to be housed as a temporary solution while waiting for housing in a university residence: https://nancy.esnfrance.org/sos-canape/ (attention: only available in Nancy).
• In Metz, 2 youth hostels can offer temporary accommodation (see emergency accommodation document).

Specific assistance provided by the University of Lorraine

The social workers of the University Service of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion (SUMPPS) offer specific guidance to the student population in conjunction with local organizations. Student Social Assistance Committee. They submit requests for assistance to the CROUS Commissions and can also provide €1 meals and answer food emergencies.

Contact social assistants:

• Lorraine North : social-metz@univ-lorraine.fr - 03.72.74.05.40
• Lorraine South : social-nancy@univ-lorraine.fr - Vélodrome : 03.72.74.05.65 / Fac de lettres : 03.72.74.05.75

Links are also made through this service to the SUMPPPS doctors who can direct students to existing psychological support services.

Specific assistance from CROUS

The CROUS has an emergency aid fund and organizes Aid Committees throughout the year.  The social workers submit requests. They also provide €1 meals and intervene in food emergencies. The University's social service will relay to the CROUS social service depending on the student's field of study.

AGORAé Metz and Nancy grocery stores

Upon the guidance of the social workers, the volunteers of the Agoraés will provide emergency packages to students who would be deprived of resources upon their arrival.

It is recommended that students and professors-researchers who are not vaccinated for Covid19, or whose vaccination plan is incomplete, be directed to the vaccination according to the terms of recognition in France of the vaccination performed in another country here: https://www.campusfrance.org/fr/covid-19-reconnaissance-en-france-de-la-vaccination-effectuee-a-l-etranger

For those concerned, they are encouraged to go to the French Ministry of Health website to make an appointment on www.sante.fr and to consult the current measures at the Université de Lorraine.

Until the Ukrainians students can have access to in-person French courses, if they already wish to become familiar with the French language, please consult the online French learning portal "Do you speak Jeun'Est" of the Grand Est Region, which is available free of charge to all Ukrainian refugees. Instructions and vocabulary are translated into Ukrainian for immediate access. Other interfacing languages are also available. The contents are adapted to each level of language skill, including for beginners.

To register, simply click on this link.

Reception on arrival :

Students:

• In Nancy, it is possible to contact the ESN association which can welcome students at the train station and accompany them to their accommodation.

Contact: contact@esnnancy.fr

• In Metz, the association Comme Un Poisson dans l'Eau.

Contact: commeunpoissondansleau.metz@gmail.com

• BuddySystem

The University of Lorraine has also set up a partnership with the BuddySystem platform operated by ESN. It allows students who wish to be matched with a student who is already in Lorraine to help them with their daily life and procedures as of their arrival.

Contact: https://buddysystem.eu/fr/

Researchers:

Contact drie-euraxess-contact@univ-lorraine.fr or lue-welcome-lorraine@univ-lorraine.fr

The International Relations Department will tell you about the possibilities of assistance upon arrival and while settling in.