As of 31 January 2024, 4.3 million non-EU nationals who left Ukraine as a result of the outbreak of the military conflict on 24 February 2022 had temporary protection status in the EU.
The main EU countries hosting temporary protection beneficiaries from Ukraine were Germany (1,270,150; 29.5% of the EU total), Poland (951,560; 22.1%) and the Czech Republic (381,190; 8.9%).
Compared to end-December 2023, the largest absolute increases in the number of beneficiaries were observed in Germany (+18,905; +1.5%), the Czech Republic (+8,155; +2.2%) and Spain (+2,830; +1.5%). The number of beneficiaries decreased in 5 EU countries, namely Italy (-18,125; -11.2%), Poland (-3,235; -0.3%), Estonia (-225; -0.6%), France (-205; -0.3%) and Luxembourg (-10; -0.2%).
The data presented in this article refer to the granting of temporary protection status on the basis of Council Executive Decision 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, establishing the existence of a massive influx of displaced persons from Ukraine due to the military conflict and entailing the imposition of temporary protection.
On 31 January 2024, Ukrainian nationals accounted for more than 98% of temporary protection beneficiaries. Adult women accounted for almost half (46.1%) of temporary protection beneficiaries in the EU. Children accounted for almost a third (33.2%) and adult men for just over a fifth (20.7%) of the total.
