Monthly Archive for January, 2014

Situation in Ukraine in 2013 – Fact Sheet

Published on January 30, 2014 in Uncategorized. Closed

The Ukrainian Parliament adopted a new law “On Refugees and Persons in Need of  Complementary or Temporary Protection” on 08 June 2011 after the EU had shared Visa Liberalization Action Plan. There are some positive innovations of the new law:

  • Adoption of a subsidiary protection
  • Only one kind of paper for asylum seekers who are in asylum procedure (instead of 5 or 6 under previous Law)
  • Possibilities for a quick family reunification for under age family members
  • The refugee passport is valid 5 years instead of 1 year as it was foreseen by the previous Law

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TYPICAL MYTHS – ATYPICAL MIGRATION

Published on January 30, 2014 in Uncategorized. Closed

Recently, a media article with the title “TYPICAL MYTHS – ATYPICAL MIGRATION” was published in Ukrainian media. In this article statistics on “illegal” migration to/through Ukraine – and their misinterpretation and propaganda through the radical right in Ukraine – is discussed. Therefore, BMPU roughly translated the article. The original article can be found here.

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Recently published by BMPU: Report on Corruption in the Immigration, Detention and Asylum System of Ukraine

Published 2011 by BMPU: Access to Protection Denied – Refoulement of Refugees and Minors on the Eastern Borders of the EU

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