Overview
- Eurostat recorded 79,205 approvals for temporary protection in September, a 49% month‑on‑month increase and the highest level since August 2023.
- The office links the surge to Ukraine’s late‑August decision allowing men aged 18 to 22 to leave the country without restriction.
- The composition of beneficiaries shifted, with adult men reaching 47% and, for the first time in the dataset, outnumbering women; minors accounted for 22%.
- At end‑September, 4.3 million Ukrainians held temporary protection in the EU, including about 1.2 million in Germany and roughly 1 million in Poland.
- Relative to population, Czechia hosts the most recipients (35.7 per 1,000), followed by Poland (27.6) and Estonia (25.5), and Germany plans lower benefits for newcomers arriving after March 31, 2025.