As of January 2025, nearly 4.3 million Ukrainians who have left the country due to a full -scale invasion of Russia have been given temporary protection status in the European Union.
As of January 31, 2025, nearly 4.3 million non -EU countries who left Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression against Ukraine had a temporary status of protection in the EU
The EU countries that have accepted the highest number of temporary protection beneficiaries from Ukraine were:
- Germany (1 170 250 persons; 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 temporary protection persons has declined 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 of each EU country, the highest ratio of temporary protection recipients per thousand people was observed in the Czech Republic (36.2), Poland (27.1) and Estonia (26.0), while the corresponding indicator at the EU level was 9.5 per thousand.
Who exactly receives temporary protection
Citizens of Ukraine make up more than 98.4% of the total number of beneficiaries.
- adult women - 44.8%;
- children - 31.8%;
- adult men - 23.4%;
