Resource approach in the study of IDP adaptation in receiving communities of Ukraine

Abstract

The article considers the last six years in Ukraine, which are full of events that led to the mass resettlement of residents of the Crimea and the East to other regions of our country. Every 29’th resident of Ukraine was forced to leave their home and look for a safer place. One of the important problems accompanying internally displaced persons is their adaptation in host communities. The purpose of this work was to apply a resource approach in the study of this problem. To achieve this goal, we used the methodology of statistical analysis of data obtained by the National System for Monitoring the Situation of Internally Displaced Persons. Four groups were selected for the main resources that can facilitate the adaptation of displaced persons: personal, material, social and cultural. We considered which of these types of resources migrants had before moving to new places of residence, which resources were provided by the host communities. They also explored which of the resources could influence the adaptation of internally displaced persons. It was found that such personal resources of internally displaced persons as age, gender, education, profession play an important role in the process of adaptation. Yes, they found that the elderly or single people who do not have the support of family and relatives find it most difficult to adapt to new places of residence. And such a cultural resource as the language of migrants can influence the choice of the region of further residence, along with such social resources as, for example, educational institutions, or with such material resources as jobs. For people with disabilities and the elderly, social resources such as medical facilities are important for their adaptation. The results obtained in this work have scientific and practical value for scientists in the fields of sociology, psychology, law. In addition, the applied resource approach allows to properly emphasize all those who try to facilitate the process of adaptation to internally displaced persons: social workers, lawyers, politicians, NGOs, volunteers, and prevent cases where refugees from battlefields have not been able to adapt to new communities and are forced, despite the threat, to return to their homes.