Chapter 4 Egypt (433,900), Germany (229,800) and Canada (174,000). Most new individual applications were made by nationals of Sudan (441,400), Venezuela (268,100), Syria (163,500), Colombia (149,000) and Afghanistan (108,500). During 2024, 775,900 individuals were granted refugee status on an individual basis, 6 per cent fewer than in the previous year. One-third were granted in Germany (140,600), France (67,500) and Spain (51,300), with a similar proportion coming from Syria (142,800) and Afghanistan (109,800). Additionally, 835,600 people received refugee status on a group basis (-6 per cent compared to 2023), mostly in Chad (244,800), South Sudan (131,300) and Uganda (116,400) and most were from Sudan (431,000). Also in 2024, 954,600 people were granted temporary protection, 13 per cent fewer than in the previous year, largely due to fewer decisions granting temporary protection reported for Ukrainians. Similar to the previous year, temporary protection was mostly granted to refugees from Ukraine (836,100),170 mainly in European countries, but also to Syrians (110,900), most commonly in Türkiye. Key asylum flows People continued to flee Ukraine and Sudan and seek international protection. Most Ukrainians were granted temporary protection in Germany (226,000, +56 per cent), Poland (165,400, -28 per cent) and Czechia (77,100, -22 per cent). While fewer Ukrainians were granted temporary protection during 2024, 43,000 new individual asylum applications by Ukrainians were recorded, an increase of 26 per cent.171 From Sudan, at least 872,400 people sought international protection in 2024, 8 per cent more than during 2023. Neighbouring countries received most of them, primarily Egypt (404,100, a 2.5-fold increase), Chad (240,700, -51 per cent) and South Sudan (129,300, +98 per cent). Uganda also reported a 5-fold increase in the number of Sudanese granted refugee status (48,900). Nearly half of the Sudanese who fled their country received protection on a prima facie (group) basis (431,000, -30 per cent). The United States of America received 729,100 new individual applications in the first half of the year,172 accounting for a quarter of all new individual applications reported in 2024 globally. Most new applications were from nationals of Latin America and the Caribbean countries, as in previous years, primarily Venezuelans (116,700), Colombians (79,300), Mexicans (54,000) and Haitians (46,600). Some 290,600 Syrians sought international protection in other countries in 2024, an increase of 28 per cent compared to 2023. Out of 110,900 Syrians who received temporary protection during 2024, 98,800 were granted in Türkiye (up from zero in 2023). Syrians also lodged 163,000 new individual asylum applications in 2024 and 76,900 were recorded in Germany, 25 per cent fewer than during the previous year. New individual asylum applications were also lodged by 72,000 Burkinabe, 108,450 Afghans and 97,900 Somalis, while 62,600 Burkinabe and 3,700 Somalis who fled their country received protection on a prima facie (group) basis. 170 See footnote 19. 171 Ibid. 172 These are the latest statistics that are available for the United States of America. See footnote 9. 48 UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2024