Number of people under temporary protection at 4.2 million

On 29 February 2024, 4.2 million non-EU citizens, who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine that began on 24 February 2022, had temporary protection status in the EU.

At the end of February 2024, the EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1 286 580 people; 30.4% of total EU), Poland (957 200; 22.6%) and Czechia (385 075; 9.1%).

Compared with the end of January 2024, the largest absolute increases in the number of beneficiaries were observed in Germany (+16 430; +1.3%), Poland (+5 640; +0.6%), and Czechia (+3 885; +1.0%).

The number of beneficiaries decreased in 5 EU countries, namely Austria (-1 420 people; -1.7%), France (-685; -1.1%), Estonia (-550; -1.5%), the Netherlands (-120; -0.1%), and Malta (-20; -1.0%).
Data presented in this article refer to the attribution of temporary protection status based on the Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, establishing the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine due to Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, and having the effect of introducing temporary protection.

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Source datasets: migr_asytpsm and migr_asytpspop

Compared with the population of each EU country, the highest numbers of total temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand people at the end of February 2024 were observed in Czechia (35.6), Lithuania (26.5) and Poland (26.0), whereas the corresponding figure at the EU level was 9.4 per thousand people.

On 29 February 2024, Ukrainian citizens represented over 98% of the beneficiaries of temporary protection. Adult women made up almost half (46.0%) of temporary protection beneficiaries in the EU. Children accounted for almost one-third (32.9%), while adult men comprised slightly more than a fifth (21.2%) of the total.