In August, Poland received the most Ukrainian refugees

In August 2022, among the EU member states for which there is relevant data, Poland provided the largest number of temporary protection statuses to Ukrainian refugees, namely 67,280.

This is reported by Eurostat data published on Friday.

After Poland, the largest number of statuses of temporary protection for refugees from Ukraine was issued by Germany (62 140), Romania (9 715), France (6 410), and Spain (6 165).

At the same time, as a percentage of the population, the highest number of Ukrainian citizens granted temporary protection in August 2022 per thousand inhabitants was recorded in Estonia (1.9), followed by Poland (1.8) and Lithuania (1.4).

If we compare with July 2022, the number of Ukrainians who received temporary protection decreased in 12 out of 22 EU member states, for which there is relevant data.

Author - Olena Madiak, 07/10/2022