4.2 million under temporary protection in September

On 30 September 2024, nearly 4.2 million non-EU citizens, who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, had temporary protection status in the EU.

The EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1 129 335 people; 26.9% of the EU total), Poland (979 835; 23.3%) and Czechia (378 480; 9.0%).

Compared with the end of August 2024, the largest absolute increases in the number of beneficiaries were observed in Germany (+7 005; +0.6%), Poland (+4 645; +0.5%) and Spain (+3 170; +1.5%). The number of beneficiaries decreased in France (-570; -0.9%), and Italy (-10; -0.0%).

Compared with the population of each EU country, the highest ratio of temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand people at the end of September 2024 were observed in Czechia (34.7), Lithuania (28.1) and Poland (26.8), whereas the corresponding figure at the EU level was 9.3 per thousand people.

On 30 September 2024, Ukrainian citizens represented over 98.3% of the beneficiaries of temporary protection. Adult women made up almost half (45.0%) of the temporary protection beneficiaries in the EU. Children accounted for almost one-third (32.3%), while adult men comprised more than a fifth (22.7%) of the total.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20241108-2