What kind of human insecurity arises at each stage of the life history of the marriage migrants?
It is necessary to avoid prejudging the insecurity of the marriage migrants and treating them as victims of human rights violation. Previous research studies prove that they do not perceive themselves as victims, and that their empowerment consists of making them aware of the injustice they meet simultaneously with indications on how to organise and face their problems. The focused discussions are occasions to build awareness while learning from their problems, which they name and formulate in their own words. What are the causes of their insecurity and the agents for change? The NGOs have a specific role in identifying the causes of the experiences of insecurity and discrimination. In most cases, the migrants themselves are too busy facing their specific problems and are unconscious of the various obstacles (legal/institutional, economic, political, and cultural) which are at the root of the international migration system and its local sub-systems. The narratives of the marriage migra
