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On 30 November 2025, a total of 4.33 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. Compared with the end of October 2025, the total number of people from Ukraine under temporary protection increased by 30 615 (+0.7%).

The EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1 241 000 people; 28.7% of the EU total), Poland (968 750; 22.4%) and Czechia (392 670; 9.1%).

Among the 26 EU countries with available data, the number of people under temporary protection increased in 21 countries, with the 3 largest absolute increases observed in Germany (+11 040; +0.9%), Poland (+3 745; +0.4%) and Spain (+2 810; +1.1%). Among the 5 EU countries that registered decreases, the highest decreases were observed in France (-870; -1.6%) and Lithuania (-575; -1.1%).

In November 2025, the monthly number of new decisions granting temporary protection in the EU (53 735) decreased by 32.5% and 27.8% compared with September and October 2025, respectively. The number of new decisions in November 2025 is falling back to a level similar to that before the Ukrainian government decree at the end of August 2025 giving men aged 18 to 22 inclusive the right to leave Ukraine without restriction. 

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Source datasets: migr_asytpsm and migr_asytpspop

The highest ratios of temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand people were observed in Czechia (36.0), Poland (26.5) and Slovakia (25.7), whereas the corresponding figure at the EU level was 9.6 per thousand people.

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On 30 November 2025, Ukrainian citizens represented over 98.4% of the beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Adult women made up 43.6% of the beneficiaries. Minors accounted for almost one third (30.7%), while adult men comprised slightly more than a quarter (25.7%) 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 13 June 2025, the European Council adopted the decision to extend the temporary protection for these people from 4 March 2026 to 4 March 2027.

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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.
  • Deregistration procedure of persons under temporary protection varies across countries and can result in large month-to-month decreases in the number of registered beneficiaries if not implemented on a continuous basis.
  • Where relevant, data might not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Country notes

  • France: data do not generally include minors.
  • Spain, Cyprus and Greece: data on the number of persons under temporary protection at the end of the month include some persons whose temporary protection status was no longer valid.
  • Luxembourg and Iceland: data for November 2025 are not available.
  • EU aggregate for November 2025 has been estimated by using the latest available Luxembourgish data at the end of August 2025.

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