ROLE AND MAIN DIRECTIONS OF MIGRATION POLICY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Migration is one of the major problems of population and is considered not only as a simple mechanical movement of people, but as a complex social process, affecting many aspects of social life. Migration has played an outstanding role in the history of mankind, linked to the processes of settlement of new territories, the economic development of land, development of productive forces, education and the mixing of races, languages and peoples.