18 August 2011, 08:30
Namely, the Committee drafted, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted and the President of Ukraine signed the Law "On Amendments to Clause 9 of the Law "On Citizenship of Ukraine" (regarding national security) (Reg. No8468). The legislative act amends item 2 of part 5 of clause 9 of the Law "On Citizenship of Ukraine", stating that an individual convicted in Ukraine to imprisonment for grave or especially grave crimes can be denied in citizenship of Ukraine, taking into consideration the rate of threat for the national security of the state.
The bill "On the Refugees and Persons in need of Extra or Temporary Shelter in Ukraine" was adopted as a Law and signed by the President of Ukraine (Reg. No7252). The Law presents a new version of the Law "On Refugees." In contrary to the effective Law, this Law sets the order for recognizing an individual as a refugee or a person in need of additional or temporary shelter, regulates loss or deprivation of such status, and offers a legal status for the above-mentioned individuals in Ukraine. The Law takes into account the Convention on status of refugees of 1951, and the Protocol concerning status of refugees of 1967. It improves the legislation on refugees, considering the acts on migration and those adopted by the Council of the European Union.
The Committee had drafted the bill "On Amendments to several Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding Migration" (Reg. No2232) that was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada as a Law and signed by the President of Ukraine. Pursuant to the Law, foreigners and stateless persons have a right to enter Ukraine with valid passports and documents. Foreigners and stateless persons shall obtain visa in the manner provided by the Law, unless otherwise is provided by the legislation of Ukraine.
Permission to enter Ukraine is not granted to the foreigners and stateless persons: in the interests of provision of security of Ukraine or protection of public order; if it is necessary for the protection of rights and legal interests of the residents and non-residents of Ukraine, public health and environmental protection, etc. Moreover, permission to enter Ukraine is not granted to the foreigners and stateless persons: in crossing point on the State Border if they infringed upon the conditions and order of state border crossing of Ukraine, customs rules, sanitary norms or failed to fulfill legal instructions or requirements of officials of the State Border Service of Ukraine, customs and other bodies controlling the state border; if the facts of infringements of the Ukrainian legislation during the last stay in the territory of Ukraine were proved.
Furthermore, permission to enter Ukraine is not granted to the foreigners and stateless persons: if there are default of obligations facts before Ukraine; they have no sufficient financial provision for the period of planned stay and return into the state of origin or transit to the third state. The orders of confirmation of sufficient financial provision for the period of planned stay and return into the state of origin or transit to the third state, as well as its amount are determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
A number of bills drafted by the Committee were adopted in the first reading.