Migratory Aspect of the Russia’s Hybrid War against Ukraine

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Migratory Aspect of the Russia’s Hybrid War against Ukraine

Journal Title: Демографія та соціальна економіка - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue

Abstract

The aim of the article is to identify and analyze the demographic consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The publication points out the main consequences of the war for the Ukrainian state: caring for the social security of about 1.6 million (about 4 % of the total population) of internally displaced persons and an increase in the migration flow to the Russian Federation. For the last two decades the Russian Federation faced serious demographic threats to its stable social and economic development. The main ones are: uneven settlement across the country, crisis of the family institution, short average life expectancy, deformations of the population age and sex structure. That became a prerequisite for the development and implementation of special policies which stimulate refugees from Ukraine to change their citizenship. An analysis of the results of these policies showed that the prior plans of the aggressor country on mass migration from Ukraine to the Russian Federation, the quantity of new Russian citizens from Ukrainian refugees and the manageability of the geography of their resettlement were not justified. The urgent task of the migration policy of Ukraine is to develop policy measures aimed at stimulating and facilitating the return of Ukrainian refugees from Russia.

Authors and Affiliations

O. A. Malynovska, O. O. Kolomiiets

Keywords

migration hybrid war demographic threats migrants internally displaced persons migration policy

EP ID EP207065
DOI 10.15407/dse2017.02.078
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