24,230 UKRAINIANS FOUND REFUGE IN CYPRUS - OUR COUNTRY IS 4th IN THE EU IN TERMS OF POULATION RATIO - Filenews 10/3
A total of 24,230 displaced persons from Ukraine were in Cyprus under temporary protection status on 31 January 2026, according to the latest data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).
This number corresponds to 2.47% (24.7 persons per thousand inhabitants), ranking Cyprus in fourth place among the Member States of the European Union in terms of the proportion of beneficiaries of temporary protection in the population.
According to Eurostat data, the number of people under temporary protection in Cyprus recorded a decrease of 1,235 people or 4.8% compared to the end of December 2025.
At European Union level, as of 31 January 2026, a total of 4.38 million third-country nationals who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion were under temporary protection. Compared to December 2025, the total number increased by 23,110 people, an increase of 0.5%.
Most people with temporary protection status were hosted in Germany, namely 1,260,230 people or 28.8% of the total number in the EU. This was followed by Poland with 965,990 people (22.1%) and the Czech Republic with 397,185 people (9.1%).
Among EU Member States, the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection increased in 23 countries. The largest increases in absolute numbers were recorded in Germany (+9,610 people or +0.8%), the Czech Republic (+4,130 people or +1.1%) and Spain (+2,560 people or +1.0%). In contrast, a decrease was recorded in four countries, with the largest recorded in Poland (-3,250 people or -0.3%) and Cyprus (-1,235 people or -4.8%).
In terms of the proportion of beneficiaries of temporary protection in relation to the population, the highest rates were recorded in Czechia with 36.4 persons per thousand inhabitants, Poland with 26.5 and Slovakia with 25.8, while the EU average stood at 9.7 per thousand inhabitants.
According to Eurostat, the data also show that Ukrainian citizens represented more than 98.4% of beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. Adult women made up 43.5% of the beneficiaries, minors 30.3%, while adult men made up 26.1% of the total.
Eurostat points out that the data refer to the granting of temporary protection status, based on Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, which identified a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine, due to Russia's war against the country and established a temporary protection mechanism in the EU.
It is recalled that on 13 June 2025, the European Council decided to extend the temporary protection status for persons who left Ukraine from 4 March 2026 to 4 March 2027.
