Migration risks: prediction based on geo-information technologies

The article designs an innovative scientific and applied technology for socio-political forecasting of external and internal migration risks with the use of geographic information systems. The author shows the methodology of mapping evaluation criteria through the imposition of information on cartographic basis for searching, processing, storage and spatial visualization of information in the Russian Federation and foreign countries. The innovative development can be used in order to make effective management decisions, as well as monitoring, forecasting processes occurring in the various spheres of public life, in order to optimize the law-making activities of public authorities.