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        Humanitarian approach to migration needed in the EU to protect migrants and safeguard their rights. "At the conference "Promoting a humanitarian approach within the European Union Migration Agenda” organised by the Red Cross EU Office and hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels on 20 November 2014, high-level speakers from the European Union (EU) institutions, the UN, EU Red Cross Societies and other civil society organisations discussed how to promote a humanitarian approach to migration within the new EU political and institutional landscape. Executive Summary :  http://www.redcross.eu/en/upload/documents/pdf/2014/Panellists highlighted the particular vulnerabilities of migrants throughout the migratory process, as well the challenges faced by humanitarian and social workers in providing them with assistance. Discussions focussed on two pressing challenges the EU now faces: first, ensuring the dignity of all migrants, especially undocumented ones and upholding their rights and access to safe and legal avenues to seek protection in the European Union. Francesco Rocca, Vice President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies"   (...)Background documents:Position Paper: Access to  international protection in the EU for people fleeing Syria, 14 October 2014Contribution to the  European Commission's consultation on the post-Stockholm agenda, 21 January 2014Shifting Borders – Externalising migrant vulnerabilities and rights?, Red Cross EU Office, November  2013Position Paper on Legal  Avenues to Access International Protection in the EU, Red Cross EU Office, 27  February 2013Executive Summary:  Promoting a Humanitarian Approach to the EU Migration Agenda, Red Cross EU Office, 20 November 2014http://www.redcross.eu/en/News-Events/NEWS-ROOM/Migration-Conference-2014/