As of January 31, 2024, nearly 4.3 million citizens who left Ukraine due to the full-scale war unleashed by Russia had temporary protection status in the European Union. This is stated in a report by Eurostat.
Over the month, their number increased by 25.53 thousand people (0.6%).
The largest increase in the number of Ukrainian refugees with temporary protection status was observed in Germany (+8.8 thousand or +0.8%), the Czech Republic (+6.36 thousand or +1.6%), and Spain (+3.05 thousand or +1.3%).
At the same time, the number of refugees from Ukraine with temporary protection decreased in Denmark (-2.25 thousand or -6.1%), France (-660 or -1.1%), Austria (-420 or -0.5%), and Lithuania (-155 or -0.3%).
In total, the largest number of people with temporary protection at the end of January was recorded in Poland (1.17 million people, or 27.3% of the total number in the EU), followed by Poland (993.02 thousand or 23.2%) and the Czech Republic (394.99 thousand or 9.2%).
Compared to the population of each EU country, the highest ratio of recipients of temporary protection per thousand people was observed in the Czech Republic (36.2), Poland (27.1), and Estonia (26), while the corresponding EU average was 9.5 per thousand people.
As of January 31, 2025, Ukrainian citizens accounted for more than 98.4% of temporary protection beneficiaries in the EU. Adult women made up nearly half (44.8%), children nearly a third (31.8%), and adult men around a quarter (23.4%).
