The article discusses current issues and key factors of migration of Kazakhstan's youth abroad. The outflow of young people from the country for education and employment abroad is one of the most acute socio-economic problems for Kazakhstan. Taking into account the international competition in education and the imperfection of the labor market in the country, stopping the emigration of young people in the near future seems to be a difficult task. In the context of Kazakhstan, the regulation of external migration of youth and the prevention of non-return migration are priorities for ensuring the socio-economic development of the country. The purpose of this study is to systematize and analyze the key factors and causes of educational and labor migration of young people in Kazakhstan abroad, and to develop proposals in the form of recommendations for migration and youth policy. An important area of the methodological approach is the methods of economic, comparative and migration analysis, which serve as an informational and methodological basis for this study. The positive consequences include raising the level of qualifications and knowledge of young people, exploring new opportunities for self-realization. However, an urgent problem is the fact that the educational and labor migration of young people turns into permanent or non-return migration. The analysis allowed us to identify the dominant factors of "attraction-pushing", which have been studied and are considered as determining in the migration movement of young people abroad. The combination of attracting and pushing factors influencing the migration decisions of young people can be very complex and diverse, however, in most cases the main factors are economic, social and demographic factors of migration. It is necessary to emphasize the relevance and necessity of researching topical issues and problems of external educational and labor migration of young people in Kazakhstan, and we believe that these issues should be a priority for experts in this field, for government authorities regulating migration processes among young people, as well as international organizations working in Kazakhstan. The results of the analysis showed that obtaining prestigious, high–quality and affordable education in foreign universities, as well as employment in decent and well-paid jobs, are the dominant factors of educational and labor migration of young people in Kazakhstan to foreign countries.

youth migration, migration processes, migration factors, young people, educational migration, labor migration, emigration attitudes.