Вынужденная миграция в Республике Беларусь: механизм государственного воздействия

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the provisions of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus which regulate the status of forced migrants who happened to get to the territory of the Republic. In addition, the article touches upon some issues of international regulation of the status of refugees. Folio-wing the analysis of the main provisions of international law concerning the protection of refugees the author goes on to consider the concept of legal regulation of migration processes in the Republic of Belarus. The author refers firstto the constitution of the Republic of Belarus and Acts of the Republic of Belarus "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens and Persons without Citizenship in the Republic of Belarus", "On Citizenship" and "On Refugees" and also analyses the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus on the procedure of granting asylum to foreign citizens and persons without citizenship. Special attention is given to the Act of the Republic of Belarus 'On Refugees" which came into force in July 1995. The author recapitulates the main points of the procedure of granting the refugee status to a foreigner on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The article concludes with the outline of main directions in the work of the internal affairs offices on monitoring and regulation of forced migration in the Republic of Belarus.