The article is devoted to the problems of multiculturalism, since the development of various processes in the world raises the question of this traditional model of adaptation, proving its ineffectiveness and inconsistency with the present.
The article deals with the concept, essence, modern state of migration processes. Based on international legal acts, the terminology used to determine migration and migration processes is analyzed. Characterizes the methodological principles of constructing a migration model based on the concepts and approaches that exist in the scientific literature, the peculiarities of migration processes, their connection with economic, social, demographic, cultural and legal factors, and the mutual relationship between immigration and emigration.