United Europe: the challenge of illegal migration

This article deals with one of the crucial issues of the European policy - illegal migration, its reasons, consequences and collaborative mechanisms of member states in solution of the problem. The structure and main trends in activities of States and involved EU institutes are investigated. As a result, the author comes to conclusion that efforts of some EU countries in the struggle with illegal migration are not enough and that the mandates of involved EU institutions should be broaden. The influence of consequence of illegal migration on European security and integration is considered. The author defines the blind sides of migration policies of the member states that became the reason of the existing social and cultural tension, and offers actions in order to deal with complexity of current situation.