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%).

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 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.

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.

For more information

• Statistics Explained on temporary protection for persons fleeing Ukraine
• Thematic section on the impact of the war in Ukraine
• Thematic section on migration and asylum
• Database on asylum statistics
• European Commission – Temporary protection

Methodological notes

• Structures of beneficiaries by age and sex have been calculated based on available data while disregarding the unknown category.
• Temporary protection is a procedure provided only in the event of a mass influx or imminent mass influx of displaced persons from third countries who are unable to return to their country of origin. These people are granted immediate and temporary protection, particularly if there is also a risk that the asylum system will be unable to process the influx without adverse effects for its efficient operation, in the interests of the persons concerned and other persons requesting protection.

Country notes

• France: in most cases, minors can stay in France without a permit. Therefore, minors fleeing the war in Ukraine and seeking protection in France are generally not included in statistics on temporary protection.
• Data on the number of persons under temporary protection at the end of the month in Spain, Cyprus and Greece include some persons whose temporary protection status was no longer valid. 
• Hungary: data on temporary protection broken down by age group are not available. 

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