Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
On June 30, 2024, approximately 4.3 million non-EU citizens, who fled Ukraine as a result of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, enjoyed temporary protection status in the European Union. According to figures released by the European Statistical Office in Brussels on Friday, the office added in a statement published by the European Commission: "At the end of June 2024, the EU countries hosting the largest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1,347,525 persons; 31.2% of the EU total), Poland (965,775; 22.4%), and the Czech Republic (360,775; 8.4%).

Compared to the end of May 2024, the largest absolute increases in the number of beneficiaries were observed in Germany (+15,010; +1.1%), Poland (+12,520; +1.3%), and the Czech Republic (+4,370; +1.2%). The number of beneficiaries decreased only in two EU countries: Estonia (-1,245; -3.7%) and France (-80; -0.1%).

Compared to the population of each EU country, the highest percentage was observed in beneficiaries of temporary protection per thousand persons at the end of June 2024 in the Czech Republic (33.1), Lithuania (27.2) and Poland (26.4), while the corresponding figure at the EU level was 9.6 per thousand persons.
On 30 June 2024, Ukrainian citizens accounted for more than 98% of beneficiaries of temporary protection. Adult women accounted for almost half (45.6%) of beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Children accounted for almost a third (32.4%), while adult men accounted for just over a fifth (22.0%) of the total.
The data presented in this article refer to the assignment of temporary protection status based on Council implementing decision 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, which confirms the existence of a mass influx of persons displaced from Ukraine due to the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and the provision of temporary protection.
On 25 June 2024, the European Council agreed to extend temporary protection for these persons from 4 March 2025 to 4 March 2026.