Проблема беженцев и перемещенных лиц из СССР в период Второй мировой войны и послевоенные годы (1939-1951 гг.): белорусский аспект

Abstract

The article explores the content and evolution of the concepts "the repatriate", "the displaced person", "refugees" as well as international legal instruments on this problem, adopted during the last years of World War II and the first years after the war. The authors give a brief characterization of the situation in migration policies in post-war Europe, consider the stages in the relations and investigate the essential differences between the USSR and its western allies on the issue of forced repatriation of Soviet citizens. The article also discusses the process of establishing the objectives, tasks and efficiency of the UNRRA and of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Considerable attention is placed on history and reasons for intensification of migration flows from the territory of Belarus, on the situation of reception and accommodation of refugees and displaced persons in the BSSR in 1945—1950, on the peculiarities and distinctive features of Belarusian policy as compared with Soviet strategies and tactics in this sphere.