Kortukova T. Legal Regulation of the Common Immigration Policy of the European Union.

The thesis is devoted to theoretical, legal and practical aspects of regulating the common EU immigration policy. The concepts of forming a common EU immigration policy are studied. The characteristic features of the common immigration policy of the EU are highlighted. Immigrants and refugees have been shown to be separate groups to which different legal provisions apply and the issue of asylum is not part of the common immigration policy. The EU’s common immigration policy is defined as a set of legal acts issued by the EU institutions in the field of legal immigration, combating illegal migration and human trafficking, readmission and return. At the same time, the adoption of soft law acts and the partial enshrinement of the integration of migrants in secondary legislation is intended to encourage EU member states to develop a policy of integration of migrants.