The Concept of the Russian Federation national migration policy for 2019-2025, approved in 2018, appeared before the predecessor, adopted in 2012, was completed. This step marks the shift of the country's migration policy priorities in the changed external and internal socio-economic and political conditions. There is no doubt that these changes were very significant. As far as the revision of migration policy priorities corresponds to the current needs of the country and the trends of the migration policy of the main host countries - this problem is considered in the presented article.