Number of refugees from Ukraine to the EU increased by 51.8 thousand in October - Eurostat
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Eurostat reported a 1.2% increase in October 2023, adding 51.8 thousand Ukrainian refugees under temporary protection in the EU, bringing the total to 4.24 million since the Russian invasion. The largest increases are in Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.
Temporary protection status in EU countries as of the end of October 2023, 4 million 238.01 thousand citizens who left Ukraine as a result of of the Russian invasion. This is reported by Eurostat, according to UNN.
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It is noted that compared to the end of September 2023 the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine in the EU has increased in all EU countries, except Denmark, where it decreased by 4.5% (-1,700 people).
The largest absolute increase was observed in Germany (+20,465; +1.7%), the Czech Republic (+6,490; +1.8%) and the Netherlands (+4,005; +3.0%)," the report says.
In October, the increase was 1.2%, or 51.8 thousand people, compared to 0.8% in September, 1% in August, 1.1% in July and June, and 1.4-1.3% in May and April.
During these seven months, the largest increase was observed in Germany - a total of more than 150 thousand people, followed by the Czech Republic - 53.8 thousand
As of the end of October, the main EU countries that accepted refugees from Ukraine were Germany (1 million 215.37 thousand people; 28.7% of the of the total), Poland (960.62 thousand people; 22.7%) and the Czech Republic (364.45 thousand people; 8.6%). people; 8.6%). The total share of these three countries is 60.0%.
In September, the fourth largest country by number of refugees from Ukraine with with the status of temporary protection in the EU was Spain - 189.95 thousand, and Bulgaria closed the Bulgaria with 168.30 thousand
