the causes of migration, improving channels of legal migration, protecting migrants, combating exploitation and people smuggling, and cooperating in terms of return and readmission. On the other hand, refugees and asylum-seekers deserve par ticular consideration and attention. Spain is also facing other major challenges, some that are specific to it, such as the need to bolster inclusive growth or problems of territorial cohesion, and others that are characteristic of the times, such as those relating to demographics, technology, environmental protection and biodiversity, and climate change. Economic security is a key concern among the common challenges to be addressed. After years of enduring a harsh and pervasive economic crisis, Spain is showing clear signs of economic recovery, and currently has one of the highest growth rates in the Eurozone. The Spanish economy is now more diversified and open, with increasingly internationalized companies and leading multinationals in several sectors. Spain has made great strides in terms of recovering the employment levels destroyed by the crisis, although the creation of quality jobs continues to be a priority in order to allow all citizens to par ticipate in the economic recovery and to safeguard wellbeing and social cohesion. Similarly, since the approval of the National Security Strategy in 2013, significant progress has been made in terms of strengthening regulation and supervision mechanisms, and in combating tax fraud through the international exchange of tax information. As regards energy, on the one hand, Spain has great potential as an energy hub and por t of entry and distribution of resources within the European Union, given its energy mix (with supply diversified by source and origin), its geographical position, and its infrastructure. On the other hand, it is a consumer country dependent on external resources—sometimes from unstable areas—with a limited level of energy interconnection. 24 National Security Strategy 2017 Presidency of the Government