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Eurostat: Number of refugees from Ukraine with temporary protection status in the EU increased by 33.7 thousand in September

ByNazar Bogudan

Nov 9, 2024

The largest increase in the number of protection recipients was observed in Germany, Poland and Spain.

Eurostat: Number of refugees from Ukraine with temporary protection status in the EU increased by 3 in September </p> <p> Ukrainian refugees in Estonia </p> <p>As of September 30, 2024, 4 million 197.37 thousand citizens of non-EU countries who left Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022 had temporary protection status in the EU countries, compared to 4 million. 163.66 thousand citizens a month earlier, Interfax-Ukraine reports, citing Eurostat data.</p> <p>Compared to the end of August 2024, the largest absolute increase in the number of recipients was observed in Germany (+7,005; +0.6%), Poland (+4,645; +0.5%) and Spain (+3,170; +1.5%),” the department said in its information.</p> <p>It notes that the number of beneficiaries decreased in France (-570; -0.9%) and Italy (-10; -0.0%).</p> <p>Thus, <b>in September, the growth in the number of refugees from Ukraine with temporary protection status slowed</b> to 33.7 thousand from 39.8 thousand in August.</p> <p>According to Eurostat, despite Germany depriving almost 237 thousand people of this status in July, it still remains the country with the largest number in the EU and the world – 1 million 129.34 thousand at the end of September, or 26.9% of the total number of beneficiaries in the EU.</p> <p>The top three also include Poland – 979.84 thousand, or 23.3%, and the Czech Republic – 378.48 thousand, or 9.0%.</p> <p> Spain follows, lagging behind significantly – 218.30 thousand, Romania – 172.41 thousand and Italy – 166.79 thousand.</p> <p>At the same time, Eurostat clarified that the data for Spain, Greece and Cyprus take into account a portion of people whose temporary protection status is no longer valid.</p> <p>According to the agency's data, compared to the population of each EU member state, the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection per thousand people in September 2024 was observed in the Czech Republic (34.7), Lithuania (28.1) and Poland (26.8), while the corresponding figure at the EU level is 9.3.</p> <p>It is also said that as of September 30, 2024, Ukrainian citizens accounted for more than 98.3% of beneficiaries of temporary protection. Adult women accounted for almost half (45.0%) of recipients of temporary protection in the EU, children – almost a third (32.3%), while adult men – just over a fifth (22.7%) of the total. A year earlier, the share of women was 46.5%, children 33.7% and adult men 19.9%.</p> <p>More than 100 thousand people with temporary protection status as of the end of September 2024 were also in Slovakia – 126,97 thousand, the Netherlands – 119,01 thousand and Ireland – 107,93 thousand.</p> <p>From 50 thousand to 100 thousand they were numbered in Belgium – 84.54 thousand, Austria – 81.91 thousand, Lithuania – 81.07 thousand, Norway – 76.11 thousand, Finland – 67.27 thousand. , Switzerland – 66.63 thousand, Bulgaria – 64.32 thousand, Portugal – 63.66 thousand and France – 60.10 thousand (data on children are mainly not included – Eurostat).</p> <p> This is followed by Latvia – 46.99 thousand people, Sweden – 44.63 thousand, Hungary – 37.99 thousand, Denmark – 36.93 thousand, Estonia – 34.24 thousand, Greece – 31.78 thousand. , Croatia – 25.40 thousand, Cyprus – 21.68 thousand, Iceland – 3.92 thousand, Luxembourg – 3.82 thousand, Malta – 2.16 thousand and Liechtenstein – 0.66 thousand. <Eurostat clarified that all the data provided relate to the provision of temporary protection based on the EU Council Decision 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, which establishes the existence of a massive influx of displaced persons from Ukraine in connection with the military intervention of Russia and entails the introduction of temporary protection. On 25 June 2024, the European Council decided to extend temporary protection for these persons from 4 March 2025 year until March 4, 2026.</p> <p><!--noindex--></p> <p><a rel=lb.ua

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