On June 30, 2024, approximately 4.3 million non-European Union (EU) citizens who fled Ukraine due to the Russian aggression war had temporary protection status in the EU. By the end of June 2024, the EU countries hosting the highest number of temporary protection beneficiaries from Ukraine were Germany (1,347,525 people; 31.2% of the total EU), Poland (965,775; 22.4%), and Czechia (360,775; 8.4%).
Compared to the end of May 2024, the largest absolute increases in the number of beneficiaries were observed in Germany (+15,010; +1.1%), Poland (+12,520; +1.3%), and Czechia (+4,370; +1.2%). The number of beneficiaries only decreased in two EU countries: Estonia (-1,245; -3.7%) and France (-80; -0.1%).
Regarding the population of each EU country, the highest proportions of temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand people at the end of June 2024 were observed in Czechia (33.1), Lithuania (27.2), and Poland (26.4), while the corresponding figure for the EU level was 9.6 per thousand people.
On June 30, 2024, Ukrainian citizens accounted for over 98% of temporary protection beneficiaries. Adult women made up almost half (45.6%) of temporary protection beneficiaries in the EU. Children represented almost a third (32.4%), while adult men made up slightly over one-fifth (22.0%) of the total.
The data presented in this article refer to the attribution of temporary protection status based on Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 of March 4, 2022, establishing the presence of a massive influx of displaced persons from Ukraine due to the Russian aggression war and introducing temporary protection.
On June 25, 2024, the European Council agreed to extend temporary protection for these people from March 4, 2025, to March 4, 2026.
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