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Just over 7,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine are now based in Donegal, new figures have confirmed.

The latest data from the Central Statistics Office show that 7,006 people from Ukraine arrived in Donegal by October 8.

This is an increase of 1,078 – from 5,928 – since the last data release on June 6 last.

The figures are broken down into the seven Local Electoral Areas in Donegal and show that there are 733 people from Ukraine living in the Inishowen North Electoral Area, an increase from 654 in June.

ZAHONY, HUNGARY - MARCH 02: Refugee Kyryl (surname withheld) aged 9, from Kyiv arrives with his pet dog Hugo at the Hungarian border town of Zahony on a train that has come from Ukraine on March 02, 2022 in Zahony, Hungary. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

There are 362 people in the Inishowen South area, up from 315. This means there are 1,095 people from Ukraine within the Inishowen Peninsula.

In the Milford LEA, there are 801 people from Ukraine, up from 691 and 1,386 in the Glenties LEA, an increase from 1,102.

The Donegal LEA has had 2,052 arrivals up to October 8, an increase from 1,842 in June and the Lifford/Stranorlar LEA has had 407 arrivals, up from 355 in June.

The Letterkenny LEA had has 1,265 arrivals, up from June’s number of 969.

The CSO said that there were 96,338 Personal Public Service Numbers (PPSNs) given to arrivals from Ukraine to the Republic of Ireland by October 8 2023, under the Temporary Protection Directive.

Of these arrivals from Ukraine, 82% had activity in administrative data after 31 July 2023, based on data currently available to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Women and men, aged 20 and over, made up 46% and 22% respectively of arrivals to date, while 32% were people aged under 20. Of all arrivals to date aged 18 and over, 63% of males and 50% of females were married or cohabiting.

This Arrivals from Ukraine in Ireland release is the eleventh in a series of releases providing insights into Ireland’s response to the Ukrainian crisis.

Commenting on the release, Laura Carter, Statistician, said: “These maps are based on the local post office address as per the process through which arrivals were seeking assistance from the Department of Social Protection or, if available, the arrivals' residential address where an Accommodation Recognition Payment is payable to the host of the residence.”

See www.cso.ie

Over 7,000 Ukrainian refugees now living in Donegal