Slovakia — Displacement Surveys with Refugees from Ukraine and TCNs, 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 have 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, 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 other TCNs.

This factsheet is based on a Displacement patterns, needs and intentions survey launched by IOM in March 2022. Surveys were conducted face-to-face by trained enumerators with Ukrainian refugees and TCNs fleeing Ukraine after 24 February 2022. The 2022 FACTSHEET presents an analysis based on 1,903 surveys with Ukrainian refugees and TCNs collected between 9 March and 30 November 2022.