Author(s): Olena Kalashnyk, Vladyslav Teremetskyi, Brusakova Oksana, Yuriy Kunev, Iryna Timush, Marian Kurliak, Mariia Lysa
The authors of the article have analyzed the peculiarities of the legal status of refugees from Afghanistan in Ukraine. The peculiarities of the administrative procedure for the recognition of Afghan refugees in Ukraine have been characterized. The main international and national regulatory legal acts in the field of ensuring the rights of protection seekers, including those relating to the legal status of refugees and the administrative procedure for the recognition of Afghans as refugees in Ukraine, have been considered. The peculiarities of the legal status of refugees from Afghanistan and the administrative procedure for the recognition of Afghans as refugees in some countries of the world have been studied. The main problems of the legal status of refugees from Afghanistan and the administrative procedure for the recognition of Afghans as refugees have been presented. The readiness of Ukraine and other countries of the world to accept refugees from Afghanistan at the legislative level has been assessed. The situation with the rights of refugees from Afghanistan in Ukraine has been characterized. It has been concluded that it is advisable to equalize the rights of a protection seekers in Ukraine and a refugee in Ukraine at the legislative level in order to solve the problems of implementation of the rights of protection seekers in Ukraine. The necessity of adopting amendments in the legislation of Ukraine has been noted, stating that the omission by a protection seeker for valid reasons, the five-day period from the date of crossing the Ukrainian border is not a reason for refusing to recognize him/her as a refugee and does not indicate the absence of danger for him/her in the country of origin.