Ukraine
People also continued to flee the war in Ukraine.
There are now around 4.7 million people with protection status in the EU and Schengen area.
The status varies from country to country, but in most EU/Schengen states it is roughly equivalent to Switzerland’s protection status S.
In 2024, 9272 people were granted protection status S in Switzerland.
Status S is a temporary, collective protection status and is granted to anyone who was living in Ukraine when the war broke out.
At the same time, it was withdrawn from 9421 others.
Overall, the number of people with protection status S in 2024 remained roughly the same.
The employment rate of people with protection status S rose from 21.1% to 29.5%.
The employment rate indicates the percentage of people between the ages of 18 and 64 who are in work.