Baltic: Nearly 160,000 Ukrainians granted temporary protection

The three Baltic States have granted temporary protection to altogether 158,985 Ukrainian nationals fleeing the war, according to Eurostat data, LSM reports. Lithuania had granted temporary protection to 79,085 Ukrainian refugees at the end of July 2024, compared to 46,080 in Latvia and 33,820 in Estonia. The share of Ukrainian refugees in relation to the population in the Baltic countries was among the highest in the world. The ratio of Ukrainian refugees per 1,000 people was 27.4 in Lithuania and 24.6 in both Estonia and Latvia.