More than half of Ukrainian refugees in EU live in Germany, Poland: Eurostat

By Agnes Szucs

BRUSSELS (AA) — More than half of the 4 million Ukrainian refugees granted protection in the EU live either in Germany or Poland, the bloc's statistical office announced on Friday.

"Over 4 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022 had temporary protection statuses in EU countries," Eurostat said in a statement, referring to the latest data compiled on 31 May.

Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic are hosting the largest communities of Ukrainian refugees.

Berlin granted protection to over 1.1 million people, representing 28% of all Ukrainian refugees, while more than 991,000 people live in Poland and 340,000 in the Czech Republic.

Compared to April, the number of Ukrainians granted temporary protection increased 1.4% or 54,300 people.

At 46.6%, women 35-65 years old made up the greatest share of Ukrainian refugees in the EU, while the second-biggest group was children, representing 34.6%.