LABOR MIGRATION AS AN ELEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

Abstract

The dominant trend in international economic relations in the modern world is integration. However, integration is closely related to another trend - migration processes, which are becoming an integral part of the current international situation. The article discusses the main factors of labor migration, its features and structure. It also considers the mutual influence of two processes - integration and migration, the features of their development. It is noted that as economic integration deepens, the labor migration regulation system becomes more efficient and organized. The level of undocumented labor migration is decreasing due to the functioning of the single/common labor market mechanism. The study is based on official statistics and expert assessments of labor migration flows.