Over 4 Million Ukrainian Citizens have benefited from Temporary Protection in the EU

As of 30 September, about 4.2 million people who fled Ukraine as a result of Russia's full-scale invasion had temporary protection status in the EU. This data was released by Eurostat on 8 November.

It is noted that Germany (1,129,335 people; 26.9% of the total), Poland (979,835; 23.3%) and the Czech Republic (378,480; 9%) received the largest number of recipients of temporary protection status from Ukraine.

Compared to the end of August 2024, the largest absolute increase in the number of recipients of temporary protection was observed in Germany (+7,005; +0.6%), Poland (+4,645; +0.5%) and Spain (+3,170; +1.5%). At the same time, their number decreased in France (-570; -0.9%) and Italy (-10).

As of 30 September, more than 98.3% of temporary protection recipients in the EU were Ukrainian citizens. Almost half of the recipients were adult women (45%), children accounted for almost a third (32.3%), and adult men for 22.7% of the total.

After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU activated the Temporary Protection Directive, which granted Ukrainians fleeing Russian bombs the right to stay legally in the EU and receive basic social services, including healthcare, education and the right to employment.

And in June 2024, the EU Council decided to extend temporary protection until 4 March 2026 for Ukrainian refugees.