As of 30 November 2024, it had temporary status in the EU protection of slightly more than 4.2 million third-country nationals who fled Ukraine as a result of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
The EU countries hosting the highest number of persons with temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1,152,620 persons; 27.2 % of the total number of persons in the EU), Poland (987,925 persons; 23.3 %) and the Czech Republic (385,190 persons; 9.1 1 %).
Compared to the end of October 2024, the total number of persons with temporary protection in the EU at the end of November increased by 36,010 (+0.9 %). The largest absolute increases in the number of persons granted protection were recorded in Germany (+11 915; +1.0 %), the Czech Republic (+5820; +1.5 %) and Poland (+4045; +0.4 %). The number of persons with temporary protection decreased only in Italy (-1270; -0.8 %), France (-695; -1.2 %) and Luxembourg (-15; -0.4 %).
Compared to the population of the individual EU countries, the highest ratio of beneficiaries of temporary protection per 1 000 population was recorded in the Czech Republic (35.3), Poland (27.0), Latvia and Estonia (both 25.5), while the corresponding EU level value was 9.4 per 1 000 population.
As of 30 November 2024, Ukrainian nationals accounted for more than 98.3 % of beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Adult women accounted for almost half (44.9 %) of beneficiaries. Children accounted for almost a third (32.0 %), while adult men accounted for less than a quarter (23.1 1 %).
The data referred to in this Article relate to the granting of temporary protection status on the basis of an implementing decision Council 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, establishing the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine as a result of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and introducing temporary protection.
On 25 June 2024, it adopted European Council decision to extend temporary protection of these persons from 4 March 2025 to 4 March 2026.
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