According to INSEE, the Ukrainian population of France was 24,700 in 2017.
[1] Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees started to arrive in France.
By 8 March, it was reported that almost 5,000 refugees had arrived in the country.
[2] On 10 March, the Interior Ministry reported that 7,251 people had arrived in France from Ukraine, 6,967 of whom were Ukrainian nationals.
[3] According to UNHCR, 69,670 Ukrainian refugees had been registered in France As of 31 December 2023[update].