Migration has become a significant economic and social policy issue in the European Union. This report provides a timely contribution to the debate on migration and mobility by presenting new data on the potential extent and shape of future migration from the acceding and candidate countries...

Following recent enlargement of the EU, the regional diversity in relation to living conditions, economic prosperity, infrastructure and educational levels of rural areas has become even more accentuated. Rural areas in the poorer countries tend to be characterised by a less educated workforce,...