On 31st August 2026, 4.43 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine following Russia's war of aggression had temporary protection status in the EU, according to latest Eurostat figures.
Compared with 31st July 2026, the number of people from Ukraine under temporary protection increased by 3 290 (+0.1%).
Germany (1 294 555 people; 29.2% of the EU total), Poland (939 395; 21.2%) and Czechia (398 360; 9.0%) hosted the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine.
Latvia currently protects 31 995 Ukrainians while Estonia has a similar number (30 910) and Lithuania hosts rather more: 51 750.
Czechia recorded the highest ratio of temporary protection beneficiaries per thousand inhabitants (36.5), followed by Slovakia (27.7) and Cyprus (27.0), compared with 9.8 at EU level. Latvia has 17 persons under protection per thousand inhabitants, Estonia has 22 and Lithuania has 17.
On 31 August 2026, Ukrainian citizens represented over 98.5% of all beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Adult women made up 43.6% of the total, adult men 27.3%, and minors almost one-third (29.1%).
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