The 22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club began in Sochi on September 29, 2025, exploring the theme “The Polycentric World: Instructions for Use.” The seventh session was titled “The Great Migration of Peoples or the Great Reorganization of States?” Migration is the quintessence of imbalances and inequalities in the world. The participants discussed are there balanced responses to migration challenges that would take into account the full range of existing contradictions.