Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
On September 30, 2024, approximately 4.2 million non-EU citizens, who fled Ukraine as a result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, enjoyed temporary protection status in the European Union.
According to figures published by the European Statistical Office in Brussels, "Eurostat". “The EU countries hosting the largest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1,129,335 persons; 26.9% of the EU total), Poland (979,835; 23.3%) and the Czech Republic (378,480; 9.0%).

Compared to the end of August 2024, the largest absolute increases in the number of beneficiaries were observed in Germany (+7,005; +0.6%), Poland (+4,645; +0.5%) and Spain (+3,170; +1.5%). The number of beneficiaries decreased in France (-570; -0.9%) and Italy (-10; -0.0%).

Compared to the population of each EU country, the highest proportion of beneficiaries of temporary protection per thousand persons at the end of September 2024 was observed in the Czech Republic (34.7), Lithuania (28.1) and Poland (26.8), in While the corresponding figure at the EU level was 9.3 per thousand persons.

On 30 September 2024, Ukrainian citizens accounted for more than 98.3% of beneficiaries of temporary protection. Adult women accounted for almost half (45.0%) of beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Children accounted for almost a third (32.3%), while adult men accounted for more than a fifth (22.7%) of the total.

On 25 June 2024, the European Council adopted a decision extending the temporary protection of these persons from 4 March 2025 to 4 March 2026.