The response is planned to involve law enforcement agencies, the leadership of eight oblasts, international organizations, as well as private business.
Although a full-scale war is ongoing in Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers is preparing for a large-scale influx of foreign citizens, reports the Sudovo-Yurydychna Hazeta.
The publication refers to government resolution No. 1395 dated November 9, which provides for the creation of a special Coordination Staff under the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It is indicated that this is necessary in case the number of foreigners and stateless persons arriving in Ukraine exceeds the capabilities of the migration system.
Video of the day Notably, the response is planned to involve law enforcement agencies, the leadership of eight oblasts, international organizations, as well as private business.
The publication reported that the Ukrainian government has provided for coordination of temporary accommodation of arrivals, provision of assistance to them, and attraction of necessary resources.
"That is, the government seeks, instead of chaotically solving problems on the ground, to obtain a pre-developed mechanism capable of instantly mobilizing resources and attracting assistance from the European Union," the article states.
The main task of the Coordination Staff will be to ensure coordination of state structures in the event of a large-scale arrival of foreigners, when ordinary administrative mechanisms may prove insufficient.
The publication informed that the head of the staff will be the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Its deputies are designated as the head of the State Migration Service and the first deputy or deputy minister of internal affairs.
In addition, the official composition of the staff includes representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Social Policy, the Ministry of Education and Science, the ministries responsible for infrastructure, communities and internally displaced persons, the State Border Guard Service, the National Police, the State Emergency Service, and the National Guard, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights – by consent.
Among the main tasks of the staff is coordination of registration and identification of arrivals, ensuring public order in places of their concentration, as well as protection of the most vulnerable categories of people.
The publication noted that one of the most interesting provisions of the resolution is the definition of specific regions whose leadership has been involved in the work of the staff.
Its composition includes heads or their first deputies from eight oblast state (military) administrations: Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zakarpattia, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson and Chernivtsi.
According to the Regulation, the staff will facilitate coordination of the involvement of central and local authorities in the deployment of temporary accommodation places for foreigners and stateless persons.
The article adds that paragraph 5 states that the staff may address enterprises, institutions and organizations with requests for the provision of information, documents and materials necessary for the performance of its tasks.
At the same time, the publication emphasized that the staff will not have the authority to independently seize vehicles, food, medicines or premises of private enterprises.
The Coordination Staff will provide the Cabinet of Ministers with proposals on attracting international assistance, including the civil protection mechanisms of the European Union and the resources of international humanitarian organizations.
The publication noted that the appearance of such a document during a full-scale war may cause surprise, since the population is massively leaving the country, infrastructure is being destroyed, and a significant burden is being placed on state and local budgets.
It is assumed that the government is also preparing to respond to the reverse process – a possible mass arrival of people from abroad.
The publication recalled that in recent months the European Union has been actively restructuring its migration response system. In particular, control of external borders is being strengthened. Additional mechanisms are also being developed to counter the sudden mass arrival of foreigners. UNIAN previously reported that, according to Oleg Pendzyn, a member of the Economic Discussion Club, Ukraine needs an additional 5 million workers. Pendzyn forecasts that after the security situation improves, 400-450 thousand migrants from poor countries of Southeast Asia could arrive in the country annually. He is confident that business has a great demand for labor in the form of migrants. Pendzyn forecasts that the most in-demand professions in the coming years will be those that have a sufficiently high level of manual labor and sufficiently low qualifications.