Slovakia — Displacement Surveys — Ukrainian Refugees and TCNs crossing to Ukraine, 2022 Factsheet

Since 24 February 2022, an increasing number of refugees and Third-Country Nationals (TCNs) entering Slovakia has been registered due to the war in Ukraine. As of 31 December 2022, Slovak authorities reported 1,090,124 arrivals from Ukraine out of whom 1,004,197 were Ukrainian refugees, 17,437 TCNs and the remaining 68,490 persons were EU nationals. According to the Border Police authorities, 875,589 people have crossed the border from Slovakia to Ukraine between 24 February and 31 December 2022, out of whom 91 per cent were Ukrainian nationals, eight per cent were EU nationals and less than one per cent were TCNs. 

This factsheet is based on a Crossings Back to Ukraine survey addressing people crossing to Ukraine from Slovakia launched by IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) since 19 April 2022. The interviews were conducted face-to-face by trained enumerators.

The 2022 FACTSHEET presents an annual analysis based on 675 surveys collected until 15 December 2022.