Temporary protection for 4.2 million people in November

On 30 November 2024, slightly more than 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 (1 152 620 people; 27.2% of the EU total), Poland (987 925; 23.3%) and Czechia (385 190; 9.1%).

Compared with the end of October 2024, the total number of persons under temporary protection at the end of November increased by 36 010 in the EU (+0.9%). The largest absolute increases in the number of beneficiaries were observed in Germany (+11 915; +1.0%), Czechia (+5 820; +1.5%) and Poland (+4 045; +0.4%). The number of people under temporary protection decreased only in Italy (-1 270; -0.8%), France (-695; -1.2%) and Luxembourg (-15; -0.4%).

Source datasets: migr_asytpsm and migr_asytpspop

Compared with the population of each EU country, the highest ratio of temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand people were observed in Czechia (35.3), Poland (27.0), Latvia and Estonia (both 25.5) whereas the corresponding figure at the EU level was 9.4 per thousand people.

On 30 November 2024, Ukrainian citizens represented over 98.3% of the beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Adult women made up almost half (44.9%) of the beneficiaries. Children accounted for almost one-third (32.0%), while adult men comprised less than a quarter (23.1%) of the total.

Data presented in this article refer to the attribution of temporary protection status based on the Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, establishing the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, and introducing temporary protection.

On 25 June 2024, the European Council adopted the decision to extend the temporary protection for these people from 4 March 2025 to 4 March 2026.