LEGAL STATUS OF FOREIGNERS AND STATELESS PERSONS: THEORETICAL AND LEGAL BASIS

Abstract

The article examines the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons. It is emphasized that the study of the essence of the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons allows to clarify their place and role in society and the state as its members and explains the peculiarities of their legal status. The article analyzes the concept of "legal status" as a multifaceted, complex category, the structure of which contains a complex of rights, obligations and guarantees. It has been established that the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons is defined as a set of legal norms containing fundamental principles and guarantees that determine the behavior of foreigners and stateless persons in connection with their exercise of rights, obligations, freedoms and legitimate interests on the territory of Ukraine. The article states that the rights and obligations are the basis of the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons who are in Ukraine on legal grounds and enjoy the same rights and freedoms as citizens of Ukraine. It has been established that foreigners and stateless persons have certain restrictions affecting political rights, as well as ownership of agricultural land. It was concluded that the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons is a complex legal institution, regulated by the norms of law, containing the legally fixed position of subjects in the social system with the set of rights and obligations and guarantees guaranteed to them.