About 4.3 million Ukrainians live under temporary protection in its member states EUaccording to official data published today by Eurostat.

By May 31, 2024, around 4.3 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine due to war had temporary protection status in the EU, the European agency said.

Germany hosts the most beneficiaries, with “1,332,515 people or 31.3% of the total in the EU».

Poland follows with “953,255 people or 22.4%” followed by the Czech Republic with “356,405 people or 8.4%».

Compared to April 2024, the largest increases of Ukrainians occurred in Germany, where 14,250 new beneficiaries were recorded, in the Czech Republic 11,000 new beneficiaries and in Romania 3,715 new beneficiaries.

The Czech Republic had the highest number of beneficiaries per 1,000 people, followed by Lithuania and Poland.

Ukrainian nationals made up over “98% of beneficiaries”, with adult women making up almost half of them at 45.6%, children representing almost a third at 32.5% and adult men at 21.9%.

These figures reflect the performance of temporary protection status under Council Implementing Decision 2022/382, which was adopted on 4 March 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine which caused a mass exodus of citizens from Ukraine.

On June 25, 2024, the European Council agreed to extend the temporary protection status of these individuals from 4 March 2025 to 4 March 2026.