Spain welcomes nearly 170,000 Ukrainian refugees after war

• 168,000 refugees from the Ukraine war have been housed in Spain.
• With 33% under 18, 63% women.
• And 1.8% lawfully residing before the crisis.

Spain‘s Interior Ministry announced in a statement that 168,000 refugees from the Ukraine war have been housed there one year after Russia’s invasion.

33% of them are under the age of 18 and 63% of them are women. Nearly bulk of the refugees are Ukrainian citizens, although 1.8% were lawfully residing in Ukraine before the crisis broke out last year, according to the ministry.

The status of the refugees in Spain is “temporary protection.”

About 8 million Ukrainian refugees have been registered across Europe, according to the UN.

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