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Armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine started in 2014 after Russia invaded Crimea in southern Ukraine and, later that year, the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The conflict escalated in February 2022 when Russia launched a full-scale invasion from Russian and Belarusian territory into northern, eastern, and southern Ukraine, resulting in mass displacement within Ukraine and abroad, mostly to the EU.

As at 12 September 2023, over 53,000 refugees from Ukraine remained in Hungary. More than 37,000 people had applied for temporary protection.

The language barrier remains a major constraint to accessing protection scheme benefits, including employment. Financial assistance is a priority need for refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, most of whom are women.

For a regional overview of the legal situation of refugees from Ukraine and access to essential services, please read our latest report.

(Atlantic Council 14/02/2023, UNHCR accessed 14/09/2023, IOM 10/08/2023)

Armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine started in 2014 after Russia invaded Crimea in southern Ukraine and, later that year, the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The conflict escalated in February 2022 when Russia launched a full-scale invasion from Russian and Belarusian territory into northern, eastern, and southern Ukraine, resulting in mass displacement within Ukraine and abroad, mostly to the EU.

As at 12 September 2023, over 53,000 refugees from Ukraine remained in Hungary. More than 37,000 people had applied for temporary protection.

The language barrier remains a major constraint to accessing protection scheme benefits, including employment. Financial assistance is a priority need for refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, most of whom are women.

For a regional overview of the legal situation of refugees from Ukraine and access to essential services, please read our latest report.

(Atlantic Council 14/02/2023, UNHCR accessed 14/09/2023, IOM 10/08/2023)

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current crises
in Hungary

These crises have been identified through the INFORM Severity Index, a tool for measuring and comparing the severity of humanitarian crises globally.

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HUN002 - Displacement from Russia-Ukraine conflict

Last updated 25/10/2023

Drivers

Conflict
Displacement

Crisis level

Country

Severity level

1.2 Low

Access constraints

0.0

Analysis products
on Hungary

Ukraine: regional overview of Ukrainian refugees in host countries

05 September 2023

Ukraine: regional overview of Ukrainian refugees in host countries

DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB

This report provides an overview of the situation of refugees from Ukraine in six host countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. The report aims to compare the scale of displacement in each country and their response capacity.

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Attached resources

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Hungary: Ukrainian refugees

01 April 2022

Hungary: Ukrainian refugees

DOCUMENT / PDF / 509 KB

As at 28 March 2022, more than four million people had crossed international borders since the start of the hostilities in Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The rapid influx of migrants and refugees into the country has already posed a challenge to reception capacities, which the Hungarian Government has reduced in recent years to discourage migration.

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