Forced internal migration in Ukraine: consequences and challenges of social resilience

Abstract

The subject of the article is the definition and analysis of modern and future challenges caused by large-scale forced internal displacement of the population during the period of large-scale aggression of the Russian Federation, and their impact on social stability. An overview of the situation of people forcibly displaced as a result of the war, the consequences of forced migration in accordance with the main indicators that belong to the generally accepted tools for assessing social stability, in particular, the intensity of forced migration, property differentiation, risk of impoverishment and sudden poverty, loss of work and employment, gender gap in employment and income, satisfaction of educational and medical needs, weakening of mental and physical health, etc. Statistical, comparative, logical and systematic analysis methods, methods of quantitative evaluations and scientific abstraction were used in the processing of factual and analytical material. The analysis made it possible to conclude that forced population migration is a serious challenge to sustainability at the levels of individuals, communities and society as a whole. It leads to deterioration of the level and quality of life, worsening of demographic problems in the future, strengthening of property inequality, exclusion of thousands of people from the production process due to the loss of work or their own business, interruptions in education and educational losses of children and youth, increased vulnerability, manifestations of powerlessness, inability to plan the actual future of forced migrants, etc. In the conditions of the continuation of the war, state policy should be formed taking into account the importance of the tasks of applying effective mechanisms to solve the problems of IDPs, taking into account the goals set by the State Policy Strategy on Internal Displacement for the period until 2025. This is an extremely difficult task, which should be a priority of modern state policy, the subject of constant attention of civil society.