The formation of the civil identity of migrants is considered in the context of their integration and as a set of stable formed personal characteristics of a person who is aware of belonging to the community of citizens of the host state. Based on a survey of migrant workers from the CIS countries, it was revealed that the social risk group is represented by migrants who are in a difficult life situation, who have a significant social and cultural distance from the host society due to their ethnicity, low educational resource and level of linguistic adaptation. It is proved that with the integration model of adaptation develops migrants’ interest in the culture of the host society, creates conditions for constructive intercultural interactions, reduces the risks of social isolation in the host society. It is proved that the formation of the civil identity of migrants is important not only for the development of inter-ethnic relations in Russian society, but also for neutralizing the risks of negative migration processes.