In December, Estonia recorded a record low number of newly arrived Ukrainian citizens since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.. At the same time, the number of those who left Estonia during the last month of the year turned out to be higher. ERR reports..

If in October about 8,000 people from Ukraine came to Estonia because of the war, in November - already about 4,000, and in December - less than 3,500.

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At the same time, many Ukrainians who have obtained temporary protection in Estonia have their residence permits expiring.. Considering that they do not come to continue it, the relevant departments admit that these people went home to Ukraine or moved to another European country.

Estonia does not want to automatically continue the certificates for reasons that this will automatically mean the continuation of payments, which would be unjustified if the recipients are already outside Estonia.

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Recall that earlier the UN reported that the aggression of the Russian Federation led to the largest wave of refugees since World War II.. More than 7.9 million people have left the country and another 5.9 million are internally displaced.