On 31 May 2026, a total of 4.38 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. Compared with the end of April 2026, the number of people from Ukraine under temporary protection increased by 7 795 (+0.2%).
The EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1 283 270 people; 29.3% of the EU total), Poland (967 505; 22.1%) and Spain (267 400; 6.1%).
The number of people under temporary protection increased in 22 out of the 26 countries with available data, with the 3 largest absolute increases observed in Italy (+6 250; +15.3%), Germany (+3 610; +0.3%) and Spain (+2 295; +0.9%). Among the 4 EU countries that registered decreases, the largest were recorded in Bulgaria (-12 345; -14.8%), Poland (-3 750; -0.4%) and France (-665; -1.3%).
Source datasets: migr_asytpsm and migr_asytpspop
The highest ratios of temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand people were observed in Slovakia at 26.8, Poland (26.5) and Cyprus (25.9), compared with 9.7 at EU level.
On 31 May 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 26.8%, and minors almost one-third (29.8%) 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.
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