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The European Union is set to extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees until March 2027, as announced during the upcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting. As of April 2025, 6.918 million Ukrainian refugees have been recorded globally, with 6.358 million in Europe. The UNHCR has reduced support for new Ukrainian arrivals due to funding issues. In a recent development, over 35,000 Ukrainians have gained refugee status in Turkey. Amid these challenges, the EU prepares for potential new influxes following escalated conflicts in Ukraine, while support and criticism for refugees persist across various countries.

What measures is the EU taking to support Ukrainian refugees?

The EU is extending temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees until March 2027. This decision reflects ongoing support amidst growing challenges faced by displaced persons from Ukraine due to continued conflicts and disruptions.

Why is the UNHCR reducing support for Ukrainian refugees?

The UNHCR has been forced to reduce support for newly arrived Ukrainian displaced persons due to a combination of intensified attacks along the front line, the suspension of U.S. aid, and decreased funding from other international donors.

How many Ukrainian refugees are currently in Europe?

As of April 2025, approximately 6.358 million Ukrainian refugees are residing in Europe. This number is part of a total of 6.918 million Ukrainian refugees recorded worldwide as a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

What is the status of Ukrainian refugees in Turkey?

Over 35,000 Ukrainians have been granted refugee status in Turkey according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This provides them with legal protection and assistance as they cope with the challenges of displacement.

How are different countries responding to the influx of Ukrainian refugees?

Countries are responding variably; some continue to extend protection and support, like Bulgaria and Poland, while others, like Hungary, have limited aid due to policy changes. The potential end of the conflict poses challenges for consistent international refugee policies.

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беженцы Refugees Forcibly Sent From Crimea to Yakutia Left Without Money and Place to Live on Eve of 50-Degrees Cold Removed persons from the Donbas who went to Crimea and were then sent to the Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) are in a distressful situation. On the eve of a harsh winter they do not have warm clothes, money, jobs, housing or distinct perspectives. 168 710 872 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

лещенко EU countries should stop supporting refugees from Ukraine so that they return home – adviser to head of OP Leshchenko Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Serhii Leshchenko believes that EU countries should stop helping Ukrainian refugees so that they return home. 81 905 538 Ukrainian Politics

макаревич Makarevich Showed Russians the "Punishers" to Whom He Sang in Sviatohorsk. PHOTO Soviet and Russian rock musician and leader of the Russia's oldest rock band Mashina Vremeni (Time Machine) Andrey Makarevich posted photos in social network, showing the "punishers" to whom he sang in Sviatohorsk. 266 552 463 Ukrainian Politics

The Refugees Brought to Russia from the Donbas Ask to Repatriate Them Back to Ukraine: They Promised to Send Us to Crimea, but Brought Us Near Voronezh The pro-Russian volunteers who promised to take refugees from the east of Ukraine to Crimea, sent them to Russia. The refugees ask to return them to Ukraine. 121 476 456 Society

боевики Terrorists Attacked a Column of Refugees: People Burned in Cars Early on Monday the terrorists opened fire with mortars and Grad multiple rockets launchers on a column of refugees in Khriaschuvate and Novosvitlivka villages in the Luhansk region 211 320 399 Ukrainian Politics

умєров Ukraine wants to mobilize men who are abroad - Umerov Ukrainians of draft age living outside the country will receive an invitation to appear at the draft points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. If they do not come, they will face sanctions. 35 989 385 War in Ukraine

венгрия беженцы migrants refugees hungary Hungarian police fire tear gas at refugees. VIDEO Earlier, the Hungarian government introduced a state of emergency in two regions of the country 43 332 366 Previously in trend: War in Syria Russian aggression against Ukraine War

доктор Terrorists Did not Allow 35 Children to Be Moved from Kramatorsk to Kharkiv region: "Commandant Said that Ukraine is Enemy Country". VIDEO The armed militants didn’t allow the children from Kramatorsk orphanage Antoshka to be moved to the Kharkov region. 44 329 352 Incidents

Thousands of Syrian Turkmen displaced through Russian air strikes, - Turkish media After a series of Russia's massive bombings of the area where the Turkey-downed Su-24 jet fell on Tuesday, about 17,000 Turkmen are reported to be displaced. 66 448 350 Previously in trend: Russian Su-24 downed in Turkey

біженці 38% of Ukrainians currently in Poland do not plan to return to Ukraine, according to survey. INFOGRAPHICS 38% of Ukrainians who left the country because of the war plan to stay in Poland and not return to Ukraine. Another 7% of Ukrainians plan to move from Poland to another country and settle their lives there. 15 428 343 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

біженці,українці Zelenskyy wants EU social assistance for refugees to go to Ukraine’s budget President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that when Europe financially supports Ukraine, the money usually remains abroad. The aid should go to the state budget, and then Ukraine would distribute the money to people. 24 520 331 Previously in trend: War

Visegrad group rejects EU proposal to distribute migrants The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group countries met in Prague on Friday with their counterparts from the Luxembourg Presidency and Germany in order to discuss concrete measures within the external dimension of migration crisis. 20 929 305 World

саакашвили Saakashvili denied refugee status and faces extradition, - Lutsenko Ukraine’s State Migration Service has denied refugee status to the former President of Georgia, former head of Odesa region administration Mikheil Saakashvili. After the verdict, he can be extradited or deported from the Ukrainian territory under legal basis. 38 268 304 Previously in trend: Saakashvili breached across border

мельник,андрій Refugees from Ukraine in Germany are not welcomed, - Ambassador Melnyk Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andrii Melnyk believes that the country is not very hospitable to Ukrainian refugees. 52 038 299 World

беженцы A Refugee from Luhansk Told Insurgents Shell the City with Mortars: "Millitants are Shelling Each Other". VIDEO According to the refugee, there are internal squabbles among the pro-Russian militants taking place already. 125 873 299 Society

світло,світла,відключення,віялові Ukrainians should think about leaving country for while to save energy, - DTEK Ukrainians were urged to consider the possibility of leaving the country. This will help save electricity after almost half of Ukraine’s power system was damaged by massive attacks by the Russian Federation. 33 625 299 Economics

Around One Million Ukrainians Fled From Occupied Donbass The number of Donbas displaced persons has reached 1 million. 30 683 295 Ukrainian Politics

Russia Houses Refugees from Donbas in Its Depressed Regions - NSDC Ukrainians escaping to Russia from Donbas are granted refugee status by deceit and sent to the depressed regions of Siberia. 51 813 293 Incidents

семья Sloviansk refugees are not allowed to leave the city: "The militants with weapons consider themselves right and behave very arrogantly.". VIDEO In Sloviansk militants do not allow the refugees to leave the town. Militants turn families with children back to town despite their pleas. 138 535 288 Ukrainian Politics

Yatsenyuk: 40 Thousand Migrants from Donbas to Be Involved in Construction of "the Wall" at Border WIth Russia Cabinet plans to use more than 40 thousand people for the Wall construction and restoration works in the areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions liberated from the insurgents. 37 494 287 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

біженці Men who fled war want to be deprived of their citizenship - bill The Verkhovna Rada has registered a bill under which conscripts who went abroad during martial law and do not return within a month will be deprived of citizenship. They also want to take away citizenship from everyone who left for Russia. 34 756 274 Previously in trend: War

Europe gets 8,000 refugees daily – UN The United Nations said on Friday it could see no easing of the flow of refugees into Europe, with 8,000 arrivals daily, and that problems now facing governments may turn out to be only "the tip of the iceberg." The greater number of asylum seekers reaching Europe, many on flimsy dinghies crossing the Mediterranean or on hazardous journeys hidden in trucks, are from Syria or Iraq. Others are from Afghanistan, Pakistan and African countries including Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia. 9 020 268 Previously in trend: War in Syria Russian aggression against Ukraine War

біженці Half of migrants who left because of war will not return to Ukraine - Director of Institute of Demography Libanova Ella Libanova, director of the Institute of Demography and Social Studies, believes that only half of the citizens who left the country because of the war will return to Ukraine. 14 266 254 Previously in trend: War

беженцы People Changed their Opinion of the DPR. Those Who Remain With Them are Either Idiots or They Рave Nowhere Else to Go, Says Refugee from Sloviansk. VIDEO Tatiana, the refugee from Sloviansk speaking about the situation in the town and the attitude of the citizens to DPR militants. Most of them are Russian citizens. 152 974 248 Ukrainian Politics

переговоры The Security Service of Ukraine Published Record of Militants’ Telephone Conversation About Shooting of Vans with Children of Refugees From Horlivka. AUDIO The Security Service of Ukraine released recording of the intercepted telephone conversations between the terrorists talking about the fusillade of the cars with Horlivka refugees’ children who tried to flee the ATO area. It is clear from the records that the car was fired at by the DPR insurgents. 137 494 229 Incidents

Kyiv considers various options to return refugees Ukraine wants EU countries to stop providing financial aid to refugees - El Pais Between six and ten million Ukrainian refugees still live abroad, and the Ukrainian government wants them to return. 23 128 211

біженці Poland plans to cancel aid for Ukrainian refugees next year Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller said that starting next year, the country will begin to cut aid to Ukrainians who arrived in the country after Russia’s full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. 14 595 211 World

сирия Two children killed, 30 persons wounded in air strikes, possibly Russian, of displaced persons camp in Syria, - Reuters. PHOTOS Air strikes believed to be carried out by Russian warplanes hit two displaced persons' camps west of Aleppo and near the Turkish border on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported. 75 095 208 Previously in trend: War in Syria Russian aggression against Ukraine War

Residents of Donbas Who Fled to Russia Forcibly Called Up to Serve in "People's Militia" The so-called "Army of the South-East" will be replenished by the male refugees from the Donbas who fled to Russia. 61 306 202 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Refugees from Donbas

міністр оборони Польщі Косіняк-Камиш Poles are outraged that young guys from Ukraine drive expensive cars and rest in five-star hotels - Defense Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz The Poles do not like the luxurious life of some male refugees from Ukraine in Poland, in particular, the fact that they rest in five-star hotels and drive expensive cars. 16 357 201

снаряд "Information Shells": Ukrainian Artillery Notifies Refugees Regarding Humanitarian Corridors from the ATO Zone. VIDEO Ukrainian gunners alert civilians who want to leave the area of the ATO regarding the existing humanitarian corridors by using "information shells" with a charge of leaflets with detailed information. 60 536 194 Ukrainian Politics

Teachers and Doctors Are Leaving En Masse the Territories Occupied by Terrorists - NSDC There is a massive outflow of highly skilled professionals from the territories occupied by the terrorists. 38 542 191 Incidents

беженцы Number of internally displased people exceeded 1.2 million - UN According to the United Nations Organization, the number of internally displaced people in Ukraine has reached 1.2 million, 155,000 of them are children. 9 585 189 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

біженці,діти,переселенці Latvian society is tired of refugees from Ukraine, - head of Ministry of Internal Affairs The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Latvia Kristaps Eklons admitted that the society and businessmen feel tired of reception of military refugees from Ukraine. 48 299 178 World

454,000 People Were Displaced As Result of War in Ukraine According to operational information, total number of Ukrainian citizens who moved from the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to other regions is 19,221. 10 226 174 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupation of Crimea

Глава МВС Польщі Марцін Кєрвінський Poland will provide temporary protection to Ukrainian refugees without passports. No one will extradite them to Ukraine - head of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kierwinski Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski has said that protection for Ukrainian refugees in Poland will be extended. It is still valid until 30 June. Those without passports will also be subject to temporary protection. 20 610 174 World

боевики Terrorists Demand Bribes for Leaving Kramatorsk: $ 1,000 for Adults, $ 500 for Children - Centurion Parasiuk Refugees arriving from Kramatorsk are mostly families with children. According to the refugees, every adult has to pay terrorists $ 1,000 and $ 500 for a child. 77 394 174 Incidents

беженцы Putin allocates money for returning refugees to Donbas in amount ruble per person Russian President Vladimir Putin has allocated a grant to support a program to return refugees from the Donbas back to the territory of Ukraine. 105 063 172 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Militants do not Allow People to Leave Donetsk Keeping them to Use as Human Shields - MP The Militants of the DPR do not let people out of Donetsk, being afraid to be left without human shields. 52 093 171 Incidents

денис,шмигаль Administrative measures will not be used to return Ukrainians from abroad, only incentives - Shmyhal The issue of the return of Ukrainian citizens who have left the country is not about administrative measures. 11 926 166 War in Ukraine

Number of Internally Displaced Persons from ATO Area and Crimea Exceeded 501,000 People The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has registered 501,157 internally displaced persons from the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area and Crimea annexed by Russia as of Dec. 2. 6 893 158 Previously in trend: Refugees from Donbas

Polish Defense Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz There is fatigue in Polish society, many young Ukrainians drive new cars here - Defense Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz Because of the luxurious lifestyle of Ukrainian men in Poland, there is now fatigue among Poles about the war in Ukraine. 21 112 155

біженці Only one in four Ukrainian refugees in Germany is employed According to the Federal Labour Agency of Germany, as of mid-March, 529,000 of the 1.17 million Ukrainian refugees in Germany were able to work. The labour force participation rate of Ukrainians is 26.5 per cent, including those employed part-time or in so-called mini-jobs. 5 580 146

каллас Estonia will not expel Ukrainians liable for military service - Kallas The Estonian government discussed the issue of Ukrainian men of mobilisation age and decided that they would not expel them. 8 038 142 War in Ukraine

Russian FSB cadet requests asylum in Ukraine. VIDEO Russian FSB cadet requests asylum in Ukraine. VIDEO Upon arrival to the border crossing point in the Kharkiv region, a Russian citizen asked to recognize him as a political refugee since he repeatedly participated in opposition rallies and finally decided to leave for Ukraine after the presidential election in Russia. 31 149 138 Incidents

More and more refugees from Ukraine want to stay in Germany permanently 65% of Ukrainian refugees want to stay in Germany forever - media Tens of thousands of Ukrainians who fled Russian aggression are living in Germany. More and more of them probably do not want to return to Ukraine anymore. 7 351 137

Number of Victims Among the Refugees Shelled by Terrorists may be Reconed by Dozens The number of killed refugees from Luhansk whose convoy was shelled by the insurgents in the Luhansk region, has not yet been clarified but it may run into dozens 35 038 129 Incidents

німеччина 27-year-old Ukrainian refugee was killed in Germany. Her daughter and mother are missing. Police have found the body of a 27-year-old Ukrainian woman who lived in a refugee home on a Rhine river dam near Hockenheim, Germany. Her daughter, who is only 5 weeks old, and her mother are being searched for. 28 966 128 World