Social and Legal Studios
ISSN 2617-4162
e-ISSN 2617-4170
Publisher: Lviv State University of Internal Affairs
Abstract
The relevance of the study lies in the fact that Ukraine is in a state of military conflict, which has caused an increase in the number of internal migrants, as well as the need to update the current legislation to regulate their status in accordance with the new realities of life. The purpose of the study was to study the main provisions of the state policy regarding internal migrants in Ukraine, the basics of legal regulation of the status of this category of population, the determination of the potential and consequences of internal migration for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, as well as its development trends and reasons for its spread at the current stage, highlighting the features of internal migration on based on the conducted analysis. In accordance with the set goal, the task of the research was to study the general positions on the settlement of disputes in Ukraine on the protection of the rights and freedoms of internal migrants in the aspect of administrative and procedural law. General methods (analysis, synthesis, dogmatic, dialectical) and special methods (formal-logical, legal hermeneutics) were used during the research in order to achieve its goals and objectives. In addition to the methods of scientific knowledge of the theoretical orientation, empirical methods of research (description, comparison) were used. The result of the study was the substantiation of the proposition that the analysis of the general dynamics of the legal regulation of administrative responsibility for violations of migration legislation indicates the existence of two most common trends: the strengthening of punishments for offences in the context of armed aggression against Ukraine, as well as the systematic criminalization of acts, an increase in the number of administrative offences and crimes. The conclusion of the study was the argumentation of the position that internal migration in Ukraine at the current stage has a hybrid nature, caused by a combination of factors of different directions, a combination of military, economic and social factors, which must be taken into account when reforming the policy of public administration in the specified area. The practical significance of the research is that there is currently a military conflict in Ukraine, which causes complex processes of internal migration, and its results are effective for use in developing practical recommendations for updating legislation in the specified area in order to reduce or eliminate the negative consequences that may be caused by internal displacement of the population.
Keywords: public administration; executive authorities; military conflict; displacement processes; legal guarantees
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