The values comprising the content of citizenship in the twenty-first century becomes fragile, looses solid foundation, and encourages States as well as individuals to a rethinking of the entire construct. Widespread and permanent migration is a response to modern civilizational and globalization challenges (mostly of an anthropogenic nature) and to socio-economic disparity, and is also a motivational vision of a change in the life paradigm for everyone. As a result of migration, we see that in society there is a blurring of collective identity, an increased (non-) tolerance to migrants, a lowered level of citizens’ involvement in the implementation of participatory democracy and a declined interest in its real results, non-trivial influence on the formulation of the State policy. Assurance of human rights and the freedom of movement, prioritized protection of the rights granted to refugees and asylum seekers, and enhancement of civil society involvement in the life of the State (making of important State and legal decisions) have fallen into a temporary trap of dependence on the spread of COVID-19 in Europe and the world. There is a rapid segmentation of the guaranteed freedom of movement within the European Union as aspace with open borders, temporary restrictions on movement of individuals are being introduced, and border control is being restored.

The article focuses on legal reflections as regards the assurance of the freedom of movement as a fundamental element of human rights, including in the area of citizenship and legal identity of an individual.

The article reflects relevant accomplishments of those scientists (E. Balibara, K. Barnard, Gr. de Burki, J. G. G. Weiler, K. Joppke, R. Kassen, P. Kreg, J. McBride, L. Orhad, J. Palombelli, O. Poiedynok, R. Spano, P. Spiro, A. Shahar and others) whose scientific research orbit included topical issues of citizenship and freedom of movement in connection with people’s rule and the rule of law, assurance of human rights and the migration transformation “North-South” and “East-West”.

 Under the inevitable influence of globalization and glocalization factors, reality calls for a rethinking of the general principles of citizenship and discriminatory mechanisms in the context of implementation of the freedom of movement.

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