Rostagono

“migration is a normal phenomenon and thus a migration policy ought to provide regulation rather than prevention of movement”¹

danger of not seeing migrants as entitled to rights.²

argues for a limitation on the use of force and pressure upon migrants.³

“As today a huge number of persons do not see an alternative than to turn to smugglers to find access to Europe as visa requirements make it almost impossible to enter without “good connections”, many persons find themselves in the hand of organisations trafficking in human beings.”⁴

1D Rostagno, “Contribution on behalf of CCME, the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the Conference of European Churches to the Hearing of the Economic and Social Committee of the EU on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and the Members of Their Family”, 4 May 2004” Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe Homepage available online at www.ccme.be [Accessed September 10 2008] 2.

2D Rostagno, “Contribution on behalf of CCME, the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the Conference of European Churches to the Hearing of the Economic and Social Committee of the EU on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and the Members of Their Family”, 4 May 2004” Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe Homepage available online at www.ccme.be [Accessed September 10 2008] 2.

3D Rostagno, “Contribution on behalf of CCME, the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the Conference of European Churches to the Hearing of the Economic and Social Committee of the EU on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and the Members of Their Family”, 4 May 2004” Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe Homepage available online at www.ccme.be [Accessed September 10 2008] 3.

4D Rostagno, “Contribution on behalf of CCME, the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the Conference of European Churches to the Hearing of the Economic and Social Committee of the EU on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and the Members of Their Family”, 4 May 2004” Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe Homepage available online at www.ccme.be [Accessed September 10 2008] 3.