MIGRATION POLICY OF THE STATE, AS A FACTOR IN ENSURING NATIONAL HARMONY IN SOCIETY
The subject of the research is the migration policy of the state and the influence it can potentially have on ensuring national harmony in the state. The aim of the work is to identify risks of migration policy that contribute to the development of negative scenarios of interethnic relations in society. In this regard, election campaigns in some states of the European Union and the influence of migration policy and migration crisis on their results are considered as an example. In theoretical and methodological terms, studies have been synthesized on the topic of the influence of national policies and migration policies implemented by the state on the conditions for ensuring national harmony in states with a high level of intensity of migration processes. The influence of the existing factors of national-state identity on the mechanisms of national consent implemented by the state is also analyzed. The research results are in demand when political decisions are made by the current government in the context of ensuring national consensus, both at the global level of public policy formation and at the local level of prevention of interethnic conflicts. Described the need for activities that contribute to improving the level of adaptation and integration of migrants in the host society and the revitalization of work in this area, not only public authorities, but also public organizations. The tendency of negative perception by a substantial part of the Russian society of migrants is revealed, which indirectly indicates the presence of latent foci of interethnic conflicts and, therefore, indicates a low level of effectiveness of public policy carried out in this area. At the same time, the development and implementation of conceptual government documents in the sphere of interethnic relations and the migration sphere shows a significant potential for increasing the level of national consensus in Russian society, where not only competent state authorities, but also civil society institutions should play a more active role.