In the article, we characterize the current and extremely serious problem of mass migration of people and indicate the necessary political actions that can alleviate it. The problem in question has increasingly dramatic consequences and has now reached proportions requiring decisive action. The basic suggestions are, on the one hand, the need to recognize the social situation in emigrants' homelands and offer these countries well-thought-out assistance, and, on the other hand, arrangements must be made on the part of the countries that are the destination of migration in order to develop a common and uniform policy, which is of special importance in countries of the European Union.

The paper identifies key global challenges threatening the world and indicates the role of higher research and education institutions in effectively facing them. The analysis suggests that the key factor in securing our save future requires constantly increasing efforts in creating new and widely communicating available knowledge in favor of wisely understood common good.

The article underlines the importance of the substantive debate for a stable and sustainable social development and presents key Polish problems which require such a debate.