EU temporary protection permits to Ukrainians drop in February

FILE PHOTO: People who have fled the Russian invasion in Ukraine wait to board a bus bound for a refugee centre established in Przemysl, in Medyka, Poland, February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo

(Reuters) - The number of temporary protection status permits issued to Ukrainians in the European Union dropped in most member states in February, the bloc's statistics institute Eurostat said on Monday.

EU countries had issued over the course of 2022 more than 4 million permits to Ukrainian nationals, Eurostat data shows.