Abstract

The main features of the transformation of the EU migration policy in the beginning of the XXI century were systematized. The author’s methodical approach, based on the use of comparative analysis, statistical analysis, the method of content analysis of the discourse of the provisions of the legal mechanism (the basic principles of rules and directives), discourse analysis, is used to carry out the research. The assessment showed the complexity, thoroughness, scientific novelty of the proposed author’s methodical approach regarding the analysis of the effectiveness of the transformation of the EU migration policy in the early twenty-first century. It was established that according to the first stage of the analysis it was determined: intensification of migration flows, connected with factors of deterioration of political, socio-economic situation in some regions of the world; the growth of the split in terms of the soundness, expediency of the basic principles of the super-state migration policy. The research at the second stage of the analysis, devoted to the study of the situation after reforming the legal mechanism of the regulation of migration policy, made it possible to identify: the reduction of migration flows (especially illegal ones) after the changes of the legal mechanism of regulation of migration policy in the EU; improvement of the main migration procedures in the EU; improving the external position of the European Union as an effective supranational organization with the potential and capabilities for managing migration. The assessment showed that changes in the legal mechanism for regulating the migration crisis in the EU have determined the following policy areas in this area: responding to current problems and finding possible ways and strategies for solving the migration crisis (emergency measures for the rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean, the allocation of additional funds for rescue operations, the coordination of enhanced security measures, which required the mandatory removal of fingerprints from all migrants who arrived in the EU, as well as the accelerated process of deportation of illegal migrants or those who were refused asylum; involvement in the suspension of migration flows and the development of illegal migration into the EU of third countries in order to optimize and ensure effective results); the formation of a more effective system of migration legislation at the pan-European level as a whole (continuation of Turkey’s involvement in the settlement of illegal migrants; Reforming the pan-European asylum system). It is proved that these reforms were declared at the level of the provisions of the legal mechanism and implemented at the practical level.