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On 31 March 2023, 3.9 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022 were benefitting from temporary protection status in EU countries. The main countries hosting beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1 067 755 people; 27% of the total), Poland (976 575; 25%) and Czechia (325 245; 8%). 

Compared with the end of February 2023, the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine decreased across the EU (-116 930; -3%) due to the deregistration of their temporary protection statuses. The largest decreases were observed in Czechia (-122 585; -27%), Sweden (-23 635; -49%) and Poland (-17 180; -2%). Meanwhile, increases were registered in Germany (+33 125; +3%), Italy (+7 430; +5%) and Romania (+6 640; +6%). 

Data presented in this article refer to the grants of temporary protection 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 Russia’s military invasion, and having the effect of introducing temporary protection.

GIF of maps: Ukranians granted temporary protection in the EU from March 2022 till March 2023, in absolute values and by ratio per 1000 population

Source datasets: migr_asytpsm and demo_gind
 

Compared with the population of each EU member, the highest numbers of total temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand people in March 2023 were observed in Czechia (30.9), Estonia (27.8), Poland (25.9), Lithuania (24.2) and Bulgaria (22.5), whereas the corresponding figure at the EU level was equal to 8.7.

By March 2023, Ukrainian citizens represented (98%) of the beneficiaries of temporary protection. Adult women made up almost half (47%; majority aged 35-64) of temporary protection beneficiaries in the EU. Children accounted for slightly more than one third (35%), while adult men comprised less than a fifth (18%) of the total.

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Methodological notes: 

  • Some data are unavailable. This is because the monthly data collection is carried out on a voluntary basis, so the completeness of the data may vary:
    • Germany: data on beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine not available for March-July 2022. 
    • Hungary: data on beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine not available for March and April 2022. 
    • Austria: data on beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine not available for March-June 2022. 
    • Greece, Italy and Slovakia: data on beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine not available for March 2022. 
    • 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. 
    • Ireland and Hungary: data on temporary protection broken down by age group are not available.
  • 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.
  • Due to possible delays in renewing temporary protection statuses ending on March 4, 2023, the total number of beneficiaries at the end of March may be revised later.
  • Data presented in this article refer to the granting of temporary protection and not to the registrations for temporary protection, which may precede the process of granting the status. Therefore, the data may not present all persons fleeing Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and who have registered but not yet formally received temporary protection.

 

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