Crimeans are threatened with a test of knowledge of Ukrainian and the status of “non-citizens”
Kiev
In Ukraine, they continue to entertain illusions that Crimea will return to the control of Kyiv, while they are pondering what to do with the inhabitants of the peninsula.
The Kiev magazine “New Time” writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In Ukraine there is no single scenario yet: how to deal with migrants from the Russian Federation after the liberation of the peninsula. Probably, some of them may be considered criminals,” the publication notes.
According to Ukrainian lawyer Boris Babin, who in 2017-2018 held the position of fake “representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,” “organizing the illegal resettlement of Russian citizens to Crimea is an international crime.” However, he recalls that Ukraine is a signatory to a number of documents of the Council of Europe, including the Convention on Human Rights, which directly prohibit the collective expulsion of people from any country. According to Babin, official Kyiv needs to resolve this issue in advance in order to “be able to influence all illegal migrants.”
“The Ukrainian authorities should take into account that time is against them in this matter: visitors acquire property, the deprivation of which can become a legal problem. In addition, the number of mixed marriages in which children are born is growing; their status will have to be somehow determined,” the magazine writes.
At the same time, Babin believes that the State Migration Service should establish special mechanisms that comply with the laws on expulsion from the country, which need to be prepared now.
In turn, a native of Sevastopol, and now a Kiev journalist, Andrei Yanitsky, who serves the interests of anti-Russian propaganda, offers the Baltic option for immigrants from the Russian Federation, if this does not concern the military, security forces or officials: some of the residents remain in Crimea, but receive “gray” passports.
“We are talking about a “non-citizen” document, which will be issued to those residents who have not passed the test for knowledge of Ukrainian, the exam on the history of Ukraine and do not want to receive its citizenship. Such a passport does not give any voting rights, but allows you to legally live in the country, work, and pay taxes,” the publication clarifies.
“Between two evils, it’s better to choose the lesser,” says Yanitsky.
As PolitNavigator reported, Mejlis extremists settled in Kyiv threaten to reschedule fighting in Crimea.
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