The past year, since the adoption of the European Agenda on Migration, has shown that migration policy inside and outside the Union has a direct link.

9. Suggests that an open and substantial dialogue be held between EU institutions, Member State governments and civil society on the social, political and economic challenges arising from intra-EU migration;

3. Considers that there is an urgent need for further research on climate-induced migration, especially on intra-country and regional migration in or towards developing countries, as well as into protection mechanisms for the people affected, in order better to understand the dynamics of climate-related migration and displacement; asks the Commission to address the problem of environmental and climate-change-forced migration, taking into account the threats posed by climate change to human security and wellbeing, and to consider the possibility of allowing climate migrants to qualify for subsidiary protection on a temporary basis until ...[+++]longer-term solutions are found;

That is important, for today new migration is taking shape: both internal migration within the European Union and migration from non-EU countries.

The report considers the following facts: firstly, workers from the new Member States nowhere exceed 2% of the host country population; secondly, internal migration within the old Member States is four times greater than internal migration from the new Member States and, thirdly, migration from third countries significantly exceeds total internal migration within the EU.

Circular migration is increasingly being recognised as a key form of migration that, if well managed, can help to match the international supply of and demand for labour, thereby contributing to a more efficient allocation of available resources and to economic growth.