International cooperation and external support in overcoming the refugee crisis

Abstract

The reference study examines the pathways for overcoming the refugee crisis that engulfed the Republic of Moldova following the outbreak of the Russian–Ukrainian conflict, through the lens of international cooperation and the external assistance received by the state and its institutional bodies. Understanding the potential for external action provides sustainable confidence in addressing prospective humanitarian crises and enables the orientation of national policy toward optimal development. At the same time, the disclosure and examination of supra- and international normative instruments in the field of refugee protection, of the principal bodies responsible for cooperation within specific specialized sectors, as well as of the modalities for information exchange and the transfer of best practices, collectively enable not only the overcoming of refugee crises—whose current pronounced trend will undoubtedly continue to increase in the future – but also the mitigation of any humanitarian crises, irrespective of their level of complexity. Thus, the present study set as its object of analysis a particular case of humanitarian crisis, namely the one concerning the management of Ukrainian refugees, which, by induction, may contribute to a broader understanding of the operational mechanism appliable in all analogous situations.