The article examines the problems of illegal immigration on the example of Germany and some other EU countries that have not yet been studied in sociological science. The article discusses in more detail the main channels and illegal, clandestine immigration from the Middle East, Eastern Europe to the European Union. The article notes that legal and illegal immigration in the European Union has positive and negative sides: legal – more positive, illegal – more negative. Some positive aspects: this helps to solve demographic, economic problems, etc.

Illegal, secret emigration has other negative sides. Meanwhile, in recent years it has been rapidly increasing in the European Union, effective methods of combating it are only being studied, and the political elite of the European Union is only beginning to realize the threat of the problem. It is known that through Italy, Greece, Spain, Hungary, France, by sea or by land, tens of thousands of illegal migrants arrive in the European Union every year, which are then distributed and dispersed throughout the European Union, mainly in prosperous, rich countries. Germany accepts the largest number of them. At the same time, we note that illegal emigration is not only a problem of EU countries, but also a global, global problem. At the same time, the article also pays attention to controversial issues.