Hnatyuk T. Migration policy of Ukraine and its correspondence with the practice of the European Union.

The dissertation presents a complex analysis of correspondence of the migration policy of Ukraine to the practice of the European Union. The directions of the EU's common migration policy have been determined (common position towards refugees, forced return migration of third-country nationals, visa policy and control of external borders, integration of immigrants into the society of EU member-states), that make up a landmark for Ukraine's orientation in carrying out its own migration policy. The tendencies of the development of Ukraine's visa policies have been ascertained, as well as the results of cooperation of the Ukrainian state with the EU in the sphere of border protection. This dissertation also presents an analysis of legal protection of migrants (labour migrants, forced migrants, and return migrants) in Ukraine as compared to the international/European standards. The research also contains an original periodization of the Ukrainian legislation towards refugees and asylum seekers. The author has also highlighted the major problems of refugees and repatriates (with the example of the Crimean Tatars) in the process of integration into the Ukrainian society. The following criteria were used in order to determine the problems of refugees and repatriates: availability of legal status, availability of residence, access to labour market, social protection, healthcare, education.