Today migration is an increasingly important issue concerning international and interregional relations. In the last decades, immigration from Latin America to Europe was considerable, but as a result of the economic crisis in the European Union the tendency has been changed. On the contrary, the number of Europeans living and working in Latin America has increased, typically in sectors where skilled labor is needed. At the political level there is an effort for further cooperation between the two regions concerning migration. The document "Bases for structuring the EU-LAC Dialogue on Migration" of 2009 includes the objectives and major activities on the subject.