Internal Forced Migration in Ukraine: Legal Aspects

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the problems of forced internal migration in Ukraine. Forced migration significantly affects the geography, structure and dynamics of the population of Ukraine and its regions, the level of development of productive forces in the regions, the state of the labor market and the socio-economic characteristics of living standards of different categories of the population. At present, migration processes in Ukraine are difficult to track, given that the last demographic census was conducted in 2001, and therefore it is difficult to establish the actual number of people in our country, and, accordingly, almost impossible to determine the number of internally displaced persons. According to the results of the study, the authors conclude that internally displaced persons (under current legislation) have the same rights and freedoms as other citizens of Ukraine permanently residing in Ukraine. However, in practice, internally displaced persons face restrictions on their rights and freedoms due to subjective factors. The basic rights that the state guarantees to internally displaced persons include: the right to employment, pensions, compulsory state social insurance, education, suffrage and economic rights. It is expedient to introduce tax benefits for enterprises founded by internally displaced persons, as well as to provide these benefits for enterprises that employ internally displaced persons.

Legal regulation of labor of internally displaced persons in Ukraine

“…In the article by Butyrskyi A. and Reznikova, V. [11], the Law of Ukraine "On Employment" is indicated as the main mechanism of legal regulation of IDP labor, in particular, Ar ticle 24 of the mentioned Law, which defines special measures to promote the employment of IDPs. Butyrskyi A. and Rez ni ko va, V. [11] indicated directions for improving the norms of the Law of Ukraine "On Employment" and directions for their coordination with the norms of international law which regulate the sphere of employment of internally displaced per sons.…”

“…In the article by Butyrskyi A. and Reznikova, V. [11], the Law of Ukraine "On Employment" is indicated as the main mechanism of legal regulation of IDP labor, in particular, Ar ticle 24 of the mentioned Law, which defines special measures to promote the employment of IDPs. Butyrskyi A. and Rez ni ko va, V. [11] indicated directions for improving the norms of the Law of Ukraine "On Employment" and directions for their coordination with the norms of international law which regulate the sphere of employment of internally displaced per sons. At the same time, as indicated by Butyrskyi A. and Rez ni kova, V. [11], the peculiarities of the legal regulation of the labor of IDPs are largely due to the complexity of the regula tory and legal field in Ukraine and the possibility of ambiguous interpretation of some legal norms for the category of inter nally displaced persons, which is a relatively new concept in the Legislation of Ukraine.…”

“…Butyrskyi A. and Rez ni ko va, V. [11] indicated directions for improving the norms of the Law of Ukraine "On Employment" and directions for their coordination with the norms of international law which regulate the sphere of employment of internally displaced per sons. At the same time, as indicated by Butyrskyi A. and Rez ni kova, V. [11], the peculiarities of the legal regulation of the labor of IDPs are largely due to the complexity of the regula tory and legal field in Ukraine and the possibility of ambiguous interpretation of some legal norms for the category of inter nally displaced persons, which is a relatively new concept in the Legislation of Ukraine. These problems are addressed in the presented article.…”