MIGRATION AS AN ELEMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF ARMED AGGRESSION: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND UKRAINIAN REALITIES

Abstract

The research is devoted to the peculiarities of legal regulation of migration policy in the context of the national security element of Ukraine, taking into account international experience. The author identifies the existing threats to national security of migration origin and the specifics of measures to overcome them, in particular under martial law. When studying the problems and prospects of borrowing the positive experience of foreign countries in countering threats of migratory origin to ensure national security, it is necessary to differentiate measures to prevent illegal migration, terrorism, criminalization of society, human trafficking, humanitarian threats, destabilization of the labor market, foreign economic intervention, and social tension. In addition, the appropriate organizational, financial, economic and regulatory support for these processes is supported. It is proposed to borrow from the positive experience of other countries the practice of comprehensive and systematic migration policy, coordination of all security and defense sector actors with migration units, and inclusion of migration policy issues in the circle of regional and global interests. In order to ensure national security in terms of migration policy, special attention is paid to the following measures: continuous analysis of migration risks and forecasting of new threats in this area; implementation of strict and effective border security measures; use of the latest technical means; cooperation with countries of origin of migrants, in particular through the implementation of an effective readmission mechanism; assistance to countries that receive asylum seekers; creation of effective means of returning persons who have lost their grounds for further stay. The author emphasizes the urgency of addressing the issue of creating a regulatory and economic framework for establishing cooperation with the EU countries to develop programs for the return of Ukrainians to their homeland.