MODERN RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE FIELD OF COUNTERING ILLEGAL MIGRATION
Introduction: the article considers the problematic aspects of the legal regulation of the sphere of illegal migration from criminal offenses. A number of conceptual solutions to the issues of combating illegal migration are proposed, taking into account the latest changes and additions to the current legislation in this area. Various aspects of illegal migration through the prism of the analysis of threats to the national security of the Russian Federation are studied. The legal framework in the field of combating illegal migration is given and analyzed in detail. The necessity of improving the norms of existing criminal and administrative laws is indicated. Materials and methods: The regulatory framework of the study was constituted by the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as national legislation in the field of legal movements of foreign citizens and stateless persons. The methodological basis of the study was the general dialectical method of scientific knowledge. In the process of research, the author applied methods of deduction, induction, comparison, analysis, synthesis, description, generalization, allowing a comprehensive and objective approach to the study of the issue of combating illegal migration. Results of the study: The results of the study made it possible to clarify and characterize certain provisions related to illegal migration, to reveal their essential features, taking into account the specifics of legislative and law enforcement practice. The author came to conclusions regarding the clarification of the legislative regulation of the norms in the field of combating illegal migration. Summary and Conclusion: the analyzed legislative provisions, the different points of view of legal scholars led to the conclusion that the main provisions of the existing state policy in the field of combating illegal migration need to be improved by means of amending and supplementing the norms of the current criminal law in the field in question. The author substantiated and reasoned the conclusion about the clarification of the norm of Art. 322.1. The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation through amendments and additions to this norm, which, in turn, will allow more detailed regulation of the process of counteracting illegal migration by criminal law measures at the legislative level. The existing trends in the formation of the main provisions of state policy in the field of combating illegal migration have led to the conclusion that it is necessary to further improve the current legislation in this area, taking into account social, political and economic factors occurring in the state.