The purpose of the paper is a comprehensive study, scientific description, and analysis of the legal framework for the regulation of migration policy, the practice of application by states and other subjects of international law of legal norms regulating the protection of migrants, refugees, and persons in need of temporary protection. The methodology used in the paper combines elements of political, historical and philosophical analysis, as well as an interdisciplinary approach, which made it possible to comprehensively highlight the specifics of the formation and implementation of EU migration policy under modern conditions. The main results are the analysis of legal documents regarding the problem of refugees, which are unable to overcome the EU migration crisis. In conclusion, possible strategies for overcoming the migration crisis in the EU in the legal sphere are considered.