EU temporary protection count falls to 4.37 million, Eurostat says
The count fell by 61,055 from August as declines in Poland and Czechia outweighed increases in 25 EU countries.
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The count fell by 61,055 from August as declines in Poland and Czechia outweighed increases in 25 EU countries.
Some 4.37 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine because of Russia’s war held temporary protection in the EU on 30 September 2026, Eurostat said on 10 November; the figure counts status holders, not new protection decisions or people newly displaced during September. The total fell by 61,055, or 1.4%, from 31 August 2026.
Temporary protection gives displaced people immediate, temporary protection when a large influx risks overwhelming asylum systems.
The EU introduced the protection for people displaced by Russia’s war on 4 March 2022 under Council Implementing Decision 2022/382. It provides residence permits, permission to work and access to social welfare; children must be able to attend school on the same basis as EU residents.
The number of beneficiaries rose in 25 EU countries, but falls of 80,850 (8.6%) in Poland and 6,640 (1.7%) in Czechia outweighed those increases. The largest increases were in Germany, Romania and Italy.
| Country | Increase | Percentage increase |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,515 | 0.4% |
| Romania | 3,900 | 1.8% |
| Italy | 2,505 | 4.4% |
Eurostat said Poland’s decline mainly reflected administrative changes, including moves to standard temporary residence permits and the removal of inactive records; countries deregister people in different ways, and removals made at intervals rather than continuously can produce large monthly decreases.
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Germany hosted the most beneficiaries, followed by Poland and Czechia. Relative to population, Czechia had the highest count, at 35.9 per 1,000 residents, followed by Slovakia at 28.0 and Cyprus at 27.4. The EU figure was 9.7.
| Country | Beneficiaries | Share of EU total |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,300,070 | 29.7% |
| Poland | 858,545 | 19.6% |
| Czechia | 391,720 | 9.0% |
Ukrainian citizens accounted for 98.5% of beneficiaries. In the available age-and-sex breakdown, adult women made up 44.1%, adult men 27.9% and minors 28.0%; the breakdown excludes cases with unknown values.
France’s figures generally exclude minors. The counts for Spain, Greece, Ireland and Cyprus include some people whose protection status was no longer valid. Eurostat revises temporary-protection data when countries provide updates.
Eurostat said the European Council adopted an extension on 15 July 2026, taking temporary protection from 4 March 2027 through 4 March 2028.
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