THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REFUGEES’ INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STATUS

Abstract

The global and topical nature of refugee rights requires clear and comprehensive international legal regulation of the status of this group of people. The current situation is fuelled by many factors: - by some outdated content of the basic documents in this area; - by the emergence of new regional mechanisms for the defence of the refugees rights; - by the refusal of countries to recognize international standards in this area and share a joint responsibility for the life and security of such persons; - by the spread in developed countries of the policy of “control” migration flows from the so - called “Third World countries»; - by significant difference between the legal refugees status, captured in international agreements, and its actual situation; - by significant growth in the early ХХІ century of the scale of migration in different regions of the world, caused by the instability of political, socio-economic development and the emergence of new armed conflicts.