Highest growth in Germany

4.24 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine following the russian invasion on 24 February 2022 have been granted temporary protection status in EU countries, according to data as of 31 October 2023. The main EU countries hosting beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine are Germany (1,215,365 people; 28.7% of the total), Poland (960,620; 22.7%) and the Czech Republic (364,450; 8.6%).

Compared to the end of September 2023, the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine in the EU increased in all EU countries except Denmark, where it decreased by 4.5% (-1,700 persons). The largest absolute increases were observed in Germany (+20,465; +1.7%), the Czech Republic (+6,490; +1.8%) and the Netherlands (+4,005; +3.0%), according to Eurostat.  

The data presented relates to the granting of temporary protection status on the basis of Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, which establishes the existence of a massive influx of displaced persons from Ukraine due to russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. On 28 September 2023, the European Council decided to extend the temporary protection for persons fleeing russia's war of aggression against Ukraine from 4 March 2024 to 4 March 2025.

Compared to the population of each EU country, the highest numbers of total beneficiaries of temporary protection per 1000 inhabitants at the end of October 2023 were observed in the Czech Republic (33.7), Estonia (26.3), Poland and Bulgaria (both 26.1) and Lithuania (25.8), while the corresponding figure at EU level was 9.5 per 1000 inhabitants.

On 31 October 2023, Ukrainian citizens accounted for more than 98% of beneficiaries of temporary protection. Adult women made up almost half (46.4%) of beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Children accounted for almost a third (33.4%), while adult men comprised just over a fifth (20.2%) of the total.