Adult holds the hand of a child with the Ukrainian flag colours enveloping them

On 30 November 2023, 4.27 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, had temporary protection status in EU countries.

The main EU countries hosting beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1 235 960 people; 28.9% of total EU), Poland (955 110; 22.3%) and Czechia (369 330; 8.6%).

Compared with the end of October 2023, the largest absolute increases in the number of beneficiaries were observed in Germany (+20 595; +1.7%), Czechia (+4 880; +1.3%), and Norway (+4 180; +6.9%).

Among all EU countries, the number of beneficiaries decreased slightly in four countries, namely Poland (-5 510 people; -0.6%), Italy (-160 people; -0.1%), France (-125 people; -0.2%), and Luxembourg (-15 people; -0.4%). 

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 Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and having the effect of introducing temporary protection. On 28 September 2023, the European Council agreed to extend the temporary protection for people fleeing from Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine from 4 March 2024 to 4 March 2025.

Map: Non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine and were under temporary protection at the end of November 2023; total number and ratio to EU population

Source datasets: migr_asytpsm and demo_gind


On 30 November 2023, Ukrainian citizens represented over 98% of the beneficiaries of temporary protection. Adult women made up almost half (46.3%) of temporary protection beneficiaries in the EU. Children accounted for almost one-third (33.3%), while adult men comprised slightly more than a fifth (20.4%) of the total.

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Methodological notes

  • Netherlands: missing data for November 2023. Consequently, the EU total for November 2023 was calculated with data at the end of October 2023 for the Netherlands.
  • 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, Hungary: data on temporary protection broken down by age group are not available. 
  • 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.
  • 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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