More than 70,000 Ukrainians are currently benefiting from the allowance for asylum seekers (Ada) in France, two months after the start of the war in Ukraine, the French Office for Immigration and Integration (Ofii) announced on Wednesday. ).
34,700 Ada cards have been issued to Ukrainian families, said the organization under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior which pays this allowance.
"Today we have exceeded the 70,000 displaced Ukrainians covered by the allowance", underlined the director general of this administration, the prefect Didier Leschi.
This is the most reliable indicator for measuring the number of displaced Ukrainians settled in France since the Russian invasion of February 24.
Until then, the Ministry of the Interior provided estimates based on border police (Paf) checks: these figures include Ukrainians who continue on their way to other countries such as Italy or people who have arrived on the French soil without having been checked.
The allowance for asylum seekers, allocated to Ukrainian refugees even if the latter do not need to apply for asylum (they benefit from the "temporary protection" initiated by Europe), amounts to 6.80 euros per day and for one person.
In total, in March, France had 135,466 Ada beneficiaries, up sharply from the previous month (107,039, +26.6%) but stable compared to March 2021 (+1%).
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Tuesday identified more than 5.3 million refugees who had fled Ukraine.
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