INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING YOUTH MIGRATION IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of international experience in managing youth migration in post-conflict societies based on the comparative analysis of foreign practices. The relevance of the topic is due to the large-scale forced displacement of Ukrainian youth as a result of armed conflicts, which poses a threat to demographic and socio-economic recovery. The article identifies and characterizes the migration potential of youth of Ukraine in the context of full-scale armed aggression, identifies the main trends in youth migration flows, and the degree of their irreversibility. The methodological basis of the study is an integrated approach to the analysis of international youth migration, which combines quantitative and qualitative methods. A comparative analysis of migration and demographic indicators for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Georgia, and the Member States of the European Union, as relevant post-conflict practices, has been carried out. Based on the systematization of data, socio-economic factors of youth migration have been identified, including the level of security, the state of the labor market, access to education, the quality of social services, and prospects for post-war reconstruction. The effectiveness of national migration management policies in the studied countries has been assessed, and the relationship between the institutional potential of states and the scale of return and reintegration of young migrants has been established. The socio-economic effects of youth migration for both donor and recipient countries have been identified, including the effects of brain drain, transformation of labor markets, and risks of depopulation.