On 31 July 2026, a total of 4.43 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. Compared with the end of June 2026, the number of people from Ukraine under temporary protection increased by 19 945 (+0.5%).
The EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1 290 225 people; 29.1% of the EU total), Poland (953 060; 21.5%) and Czechia (395 225; 8.9%).
Compared with the end of June 2026, the number of people under temporary protection increased in 23 of the 26 EU countries with available data, with the 3 largest absolute increases observed in Czechia (+4 415; +1.1%), Romania (+4 055; +1.9%) and Germany (+3 995; +0.3%). The 3 countries that registered decreases were Poland (-8 110; -0.8%), France (-475; -1.0%) and Cyprus (-110; -0.4%).
Source datasets: migr_asytpsm and migr_asytpspop
The highest ratios of temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand people were observed in Czechia at 36.2, Slovakia (27.5) and Cyprus (26.7), compared with 9.8 at EU level.
On 31 July 2026, Ukrainian citizens represented over 98.5% of the beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Adult women made up 43.4% of the total, adult men 27.1%, and minors almost one-third (29.4%) of all beneficiaries.
The data presented in this article refer to the attribution of temporary protection status based on the Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, which recognises the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, and introduces temporary protection.
On 13 June 2025, the European Council adopted the decision to extend the temporary protection for these people from 4 March 2026 to 4 March 2027.