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Recent processes of globalisation have determined the rise of immigration all over the world: migration flows, their trends and scope have changed. According to numerous statistic data, many European countries face the evergrowing extent of international migration, including irregular migration. The European Union has become one of the most important destinations for migration movements, resulting in a serious debate among Member States on migration control. Migration patterns differ widely among Member States. The changes of geopolitics and instability in the world, war in Syria and violations of human rights, other threats to human security determined the changes of migration. According to the data provided by FRONTEX (European Border and Coast Guard Agency), migratory situation has changed significantly since 2015. European countries recognized migration crisis as one of the most important issue and therefore European law-makers and policy-makers made many decisions regarding this question at the national and at the European level. It was realised that these spreading inflows of immigrants have a strong impact on the social and political climate of host countries, which are often challenged by the growing number of immigrants and, thus, have to review their immigration politics to match them to contemporary processes of globalization. It is important to investigate the contemporary trends in international migration and to discuss current changes in the social situation and immigration politics in European countries. So far no researches were made, for example, evaluating the impact of newly announced possible threats of global migration to economics and industry of security (inventing new devices of search, biometric gadgets, and other examples).

In context of contemporary discourse on a contemporary society, a theme of transformation is evident. It is sometimes claimed that a contemporary society transcends itself. At a first glance, the claim seems ambitious, however, only to a degree. There are several arguments supporting the statement. This paper presents an overview of some theoretical arguments, and also presents some of the data from an international study carried out in Autumn, 2013. However, just data from Lithuania is presented due to the limitations for format of this paper. The research question addressed in this paper is: what are the interpretations of people (in our case: young people) about their own feelings towards the state - or - more precisely – the territory they reside. Methods of critical of references analysis and a quantitative approach (survey) were employed for the development of the paper, also citizenship activity questionnaire was used for the study. ; Diskusijų apie šiuolaikinę visuomenę kontekste akivaizdi transformacijos tema. Yra tvirtinama, kad modernioji visuomenė peržengia savo pačios ribas. Iš pirmo žvilgsnio tai atrodo perdėm ambicingas užmojis, tačiau tik tam tikru laipsniu. Yra keletas argumentų paremiančių šį teiginį. Šiame straipsnyje pateikiama tokių teorinių argumentų apžvalga, o taip pat pristatoma dalis tarptautinio tyrimo, atlikto 2013 metų rudenį, duomenys. Dėl straipsnio apimties apribojimų pristatomi tik tyrimo Lietuvoje rezultatai. Tyrime dalyvavo 351 paaugliai (10-18 metų). Buvo naudojamas 34 punktų jaunimo pilietiškumo veiklos klausimynas siekiant įvertinti paauglių pilietiškumo veiklą. Tyrimas parodė, kad jauni žmonės (amžiaus vidurkis 13,8 metų) yra labai aktyvūs savo asmeninio tobulėjimo, asmeninių siekių ir interesų plotmėje ir daug mažiau - politinėje veikloje. Jaunesni respondentai labiau siejo savo pasirinkimus su aktyviu pilietiškumu. Buvo nustatyti statistiškai reikšmingi skirtumai tarp šeimos statuso ir pilietiškumo lygio. Visi veiksniai turėtų būti ir toliau tiriami, siekiant atrasti moksliškai pagrįstas tiriamų reiškinių priežastis.