Refugees and migrants on the border of Turkey and Greece. For five years, about a million refugees gained access to the legal routes of migration Refugees and migrants From 2019 to 2023, almost a million refugees from eight countries received permission to enter 38 states through the channels of labor migration, study or reunification with the family. This is stated in a new joint report of the UN Supreme Commissioner for Refugees (UVKB) and the organization of economic cooperation and development (OECD). “Behind these numbers are refugees who use the same systems as millions of people who migrate daily for work, study or reunification with the family. There is no need to create parallel structures for refugees – you just need to provide them with safe and flexible methods of access to existing systems, ”said the Deputy Supreme Commissar for Refugees of Rwen Menikdilan. ~ 60 > 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 >In 2023 alone, the refugees were given almost 255 thousand entry permits – by 14 percent more than in 2022. In 2021, the number of permits increased by 39 percent compared to 2020. Additionally, about 30 thousand people from these eight countries got the opportunity to move to other states under sponsorship programs. Thus, 2023 became a record for the number of issued permits from the moment the data collection in 2010 began, even surpassing the dopandemic level and the previous maximum of 2017. 60 > main share of visas (63 percent), they compiled a reunion for reunion, followed by workers (19 percent) and training educational (18 percent) visas. In all three categories, growth is recorded. Legal ways of migration are the leading countries that provide refugees by Germany, Canada, the USA, Great Britain and Sweden. These states actively use the visa mechanisms of reunification of families, labor and student migration. ~ 60 > their efforts helped the international community overcome half the path to reaching a goal of 2.1 million visas provided for by one of the key provisions of the global agreement on refugees. ~ 60 > “These programs allow refugees to get rid of dependence on humanitarian assistance and build a stable, independent future. They are much larger than traditional resettlement and open additional ways to find solutions. If countries eliminate more barriers that refugees face – for example, related to documents or qualifications – even more people will be able to return to normal life, ”added menicdila. ~ 60 >~ 60 > UVKB calls for states to integrate refugees into general migration systems. The importance of expanding cooperation with the private sector, educational institutions and civil society to increase the access of refugees to the legal routes of migration is also emphasized. ~ 60 > 60 > this appeal sounded against the backdrop of movements of unprecedented proportions. In conditions of lack of resources, many states are faced with difficulties in maintaining or expanding legal migration routes. UVKB emphasizes the need to find practical ways to solve these problems.