Eurostat: migr_asytpsm

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Dataset title: Beneficiaries of temporary protection at the end of the month by citizenship, age and sex – monthly data

Short code: migr_asytpsm

Context: Tracks the "stock" of persons holding valid status under the EU Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55/EC and corresponding local legislation in EFTA countries), at the end of each month. Distinct from asylum/international protection

Data type: Permit Stocks. Count of valid permits at month-end

Utility:

• Immediate monitoring: The primary EU-wide indicator for the distribution of displaced persons from Ukraine. Note: This tracks valid administrative status, not physical presence; it does not confirm the actual residing population and is not used as official population statistics.

Comparability considerations:

• Direct comparisons between countries or across time periods are frequently unreliable. Discrepancies arise because some nations actively "clean" their databases of people who have left (causing massive statistical drops), while others report cumulative "ghost" figures that include expired permits

A few identified anomalies due to cleanup or methodology updates:

1. Italy (June 2025): 75% drop (168K → 41K)
2. Bulgaria (Feb 2024): 73% drop (172K → 46K)
3. Netherlands (Jan 2023): 23% drop (110K → 85K)
4. Germany (July 2024): 18% drop (1,350K → 1,111K)
5. Denmark (Sept 2025): 10% rise (40K → 44K)

Persistent distortions:

6. France: Systematically undercounts (excludes minors)
7. Spain & Greece: Systematically overcount (retain expired permits)
8. Note: These are constant distortions and do not show as a single "change point" date.

Other notes:

9. Double Counting: There is no centralized EU-wide register to prevent a person from holding valid status in two countries simultaneously (e.g., moving from Poland to Germany without deregistering in Poland)

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