Features of social adaptation of migrant children in the small northern town are very important, they are associated with compact residence, the mentality of people, educational network. Learning problems related not only to ignorance of the language, history and traditions of the new country, but also with the psychological experience of arrivals and intolerance locals. For migrants, it is important to integrate into a new society from the early days of living in a new country. The article defines the factors influencing social adaptation , presented the experience of the educational organization of small northern town on the use of specific mechanisms of intergroup perception that help accelerate the process of social adaptation of children - migrants.