“Since the beginning of the conflict, 180,000 Ukrainians have passed through France”, according to Ofii

“Since the beginning of the conflict, about 180,000 Ukrainians have passed through France”, said Monday, April 17 on franceinfo Didier Leschi, director of the French Office for Immigration and Integration. “Some have gone to Spain or Portugal”others “came closer to Ukraine by going to Poland or Romania”the Ofii estimates “around 100,000, maybe 110,000” the number of Ukrainians present on French territory.

Didier Leschi specifies that among these Ukrainians currently taking refuge in France “80,000 adults have been granted temporary protection”, “around 15,000 [personnes] in work” and there is also “20,000 school children”. Many of these children “follow a double course”that is, to “take courses online” with their Ukrainian teachers.

Already last August, the Ofii announced the presence of 99,000 Ukrainian refugees in France. This figure has changed very little due to population movements. “Returns to the country began as soon as the Russians were moved away from kyiv” and they “have been intensifying for several months”notes Didier Leschi.