As of January 2025, almost 4.3 million Ukrainians who were forced to leave the country due to Russia's full-scale invasion have received temporary protection status in European Union countries.
As of January 31, 2025, almost 4.3 million non-EU citizens who left Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression against Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU
The EU countries that accepted the largest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were:
- Germany (1,170,250 people; 27.3% of the total number of EU countries);
- Poland (993,015; 23.2%);
- Czech Republic (394,985; 9.2%).
Compared to the end of December 2024, the total number of persons under temporary protection in the EU at the end of January increased by 25,530 (+0.6%).
The largest absolute increase in the number of beneficiaries was observed in Germany (+8,800; +0.8%), the Czech Republic (+6,360; +1.6%) and Spain (+3,050; +1.3%).
The number of people under temporary protection decreased in the following countries:
- Denmark (-2,245; -6.1%),
- France (-660; -1.1%);
- Austria (-420; -0.5%);
- Lithuania (-155; -0.3%).
Compared to the population size of each EU country, the highest ratio of beneficiaries of temporary protection per thousand people was observed in the Czech Republic (36.2), Poland (27.1) and Estonia (26.0), while the corresponding figure at the EU level was 9.5 per thousand people.
Who exactly receives temporary protection?
Citizens of Ukraine make up over 98.4% of the total number of beneficiaries.
- adult women – 44.8%;
- children – 31.8%;
- adult men – 23.4%;
