The paper studies the migration as a threat to international and national security in the development of globalization processes in modern society. The main causes of migration, which include motives of political, financial, social, psychological and motivational nature, are identified. The main centers of attraction of migrants in 2000-2019 are analyzed and it is established that the European continent is characterized by a high level of attraction of migrants during the last 20 years. The level of dependence between the transformation of the regulatory framework for migration processes and the total number of migrants in the European region and determined that during 2000-2010 there was an increase in migration flows by 22.28%, during 2010-2019 there is a positive trend, change in the number migrants to the European region is 17.65%, and the overall increase in migrants during 2000-2019 is 43.85%. The regulatory acts in the field of migration, which were implemented by the EU during 2000-2019, are analyzed. The main reasons for regulating migration processes are identified, such as: scale of migration flows, aggravation and increase of interethnic conflicts, threat of terrorist acts, increase of crime migrants 'established norms of behavior and cultural traditions, deterioration of psychological climate and relations with other countries, non-compliance with migrants' established norms of behavior and cultural traditions, non-compliance with migrants of host country legislation, and as a result slow process of integration of migrants into the host community. who come with food, shelter and solutions to their social problems. It is established that in order to reduce the intensity of the migration flow, the recipient countries are starting to introduce quotas for labor migration, such as age requirements, professional quotas and proof of qualification and language skills. The connection between migration and security in national security and defense strategies in the EU member states is determined.