European Economic and Social Committee 12 December 2002, Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on "Economic governance in the EU"

8.4.2003 EN C 85/55 Official Journal of the European Union 3.6. The communication quite rightly stresses that the principle of proportionality must apply to the detention of persons awaiting expulsion. As a matter of principle, the detention of such persons should not be used to coerce or exert pressure on them (e.g. with a view to obtaining identity papers). 3.7.