It is indicated that the presence of large number of refugees in the world indicates numerous problems in the peaceful coexistence of states in various regions of the planet, including, unfortunately, in Europe, where more than 10 million Ukrainians have already become refugees as a result of full-scale brazen Russian aggression, in addition, there are many refugees in Europe, also in Ukraine, from areas of conflicts in Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Georgia, Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh. As a result of objective circumstances, all these people were forced to leave their native homes and become refugees. The presence of millions of refugees from the different parts of the world proves the need for radical reforms of the UN, which is increasingly finding it difficult to ensure international law and order and conflict resolution, and also shows the urgent need to improve the mechanism of protection of the human rights at the universal level.It is proved that the evolution of the concept of "refugee" continues for a long time. Currently, the main emphasis in this field in legal science is aimed at unifying the understanding of the concept of "refugee" in international law, primarily at the universal level. The full-scale aggression of russian federation in Ukraine caused the largest wave of refugees in the history of Ukraine, currently only in the EU, according to official UN data, there are already more than 8.1 million citizens of Ukraine, of which 4.9 million citizens of Ukraine have already received refugee status or asylum.It is noted that in order for a person to be recognized as a refugee under international law, he must meet the following conditions: stay outside the country of his citizenship or permanent residence (if the person is stateless); the presence of well-founded fears of becoming a victim of persecution based on race, religion, belonging to a certain social group, citizenship, political beliefs; unwillingness or inability to use the protection of this country; does not belong to the category of persons not covered by the Convention. The simultaneous operation of the UNHCR Charter, the 1951 UN Convention about Status of Refugees and the 1966 Protocol on the Status of Refugees led to the emergence of the such a problem as the emergence of two types of refugees: "mandatory" and "conventional".
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