The study aims to develop measures to reduce the outflow (migration) of young people and improve human capital in the face of global complex socio-economic landscape. The paper determines strategic priorities for state regulation of youth migration processes. It is concluded that instruments for regulating youth migration and preserving intellectual and human resource potential should be directed toward reducing the level of positive migration aspirations among student and apprentice youth, ensuring employment and effective remuneration of labor. The system of preventive public policy instruments for managing youth migration includes efforts to increase employment, develop the micro and small business sector, raise the level of readiness of migrant youth to re-emigrate, enhance the competitiveness of the educational sector, and create international projects to develop human capital. Additionally, the study advocates for improving the competitiveness of the educational sector and fostering international projects that contribute to human capital development.