Humanities & Social Sciences 3 (2015 8) 507-515 ~ ~ ~ УДК 331.556 Migration Issues at the Present Time: Experience and Prospects Marina A. Yuskova and Igor N. Potemkin* Russian Federal Migration Service of the Krasnoyarsk Kray Krasnoyarsk, 660000, Russia Received 28.11.2014, received in revised form 04.01.2015, accepted 09.02.2015 International migration in modern society is a substantially signifi cant phenomenon in terms of size, socio-economic and political consequences for countries and regions. <...> Migration policy is defi ned as a set of measures taken by the state and society for the regulation of migration, adaptation and integration of immigrants to the benefi t of the state and society. <...> One of the main objectives of the migration policy is to regulate migration fl ows in order to stimulate economic development, taking into account demographic situation and labor market development. <...> The following factors stimulate global migration fl ows: demographic indicators, volume of labor resources, high unemployment rates, unfavorable sanitary and epidemiological conditions, chronic poverty, ethnic confl icts and local wars, as well as awareness of the poorest countries of their plights compared to the situation in Western countries. <...> Migration Legislation, in the recent history of the Russian Federation, purposefully started to form in 1992. <...> It works as a body of law regulating migration processes in society, including relations connected with the implementation of rights of migrants and ensuring the implementation of migration policies by the state bodies. <...> In order to adjust and control migration fl ows Russia has taken the integration type of the policy. <...> Keywords: migration policy, natural population growth, integration policies, labor migration, internal migration, enclave. <...> International migration in modern society is a substantially signifi cant phenomenon in terms of size, socio-economic and political consequences for countries and regions. <...> In my article, I want to appeal to the trends of migration processes at the present time and to envisage prospects of migration policy in general. <...> The authors of the training manuals “Fundamentals of Migration Policy”, developed by the Federal Migration Service of Russia and © Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: tsksib@mail.ru # 507 # the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, give the following defi nition of the term <...>