Following four years of full-scale war, which EU countries are hosting the most Ukrainians?

Published on 21/04/2026 - 9:00 GMT+2

A full of 4.40 cardinal non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine had impermanent extortion presumption successful the EU successful February 2026.

This represents a 0.5% summation successful conscionable 1 month, according to the latest Eurostat data.

The EU countries hosting the highest fig of beneficiaries of impermanent extortion from Ukraine were Germany, Poland, and Czechia.

However, the fig of radical nether impermanent extortion accrued successful 24 countries, with the 3 largest implicit increases observed successful Germany, Czechia and Spain.

In contrast, the 3 EU countries that registered decreases were Estonia, France and Luxembourg.

Ukrainian citizens represented implicit 98.4% of the beneficiaries of impermanent extortion successful the EU astatine the extremity of January 2026.

Among them, big women accounted for 43.5%, big men conscionable implicit a quarter, and minors astir a third, with boys making up 16% portion girls were 14.2%.

Between January and February 2026, big women and children who were granted impermanent extortion accrued 1.4 percent points and 0.5 percent points, respectively.

The remainder of non-EU citizens nether impermanent extortion are from Russia (0.3%), Nigeria (0.1%) and Azerbaijan (0.1%).

The EU countries offering impermanent extortion indispensable assistance suitable entree to accommodation oregon housing, societal payment oregon means of subsistence if necessary, aesculapian care, and acquisition for persons nether 18 years, according to the European Commission.

Homesickness brings reconsideration

Despite the dangers, much than 1.6 cardinal radical person returned to frontline areas successful Ukraine, specified arsenic the regions of Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kherson, and Sumy.

For many, the fiscal strain of surviving successful their big countries and the longing for location outweigh the risks of moving backmost there, according to Save the Children research.

Three-quarters of 172 parents and caregivers interviewed for the survey said that missing their location and community, on with feeling isolated successful places they fled to, contributed to their determination to instrumentality location to unsafe front-line areas wherever progressive warring is ongoing.

Almost 1 successful 2 parents and caregivers said that they had returned due to the fact that their children were feeling unhappy, stressed, oregon lonely successful their big communities.

In addition, astir 55% cited the precocious outgo of lodging oregon difficulties successful uncovering enactment successful big communities.

"Going backmost to a warfare portion is ne'er a prime anyone makes lightly," Save the Children's Country Director successful Ukraine, Sonia Khush, said. "While they whitethorn find comparative information successful the places they were forced to fly to, galore find that they cannot past financially, acold distant from their accustomed income opportunities and enactment networks, portion astatine the aforesaid clip profoundly missing the communities and connections they person near behind."