In the name of women's protection, Dutch immigration authorities police cross-border
marriages differentiating between acceptable and non-acceptable forms of marriage (eg …

Cross-border marriages have been found to be associated with domestic violence due to the
migration experiences of the couples concerned and the stress experienced before, during …

Pandemic border closures separated previously transnational couples, including unmarried
partners, revealing under-researched forms of transnational family life. From this point of …

Drawing from ethnographic research conducted with binational heterosexual couples
negotiating their legitimacy in the face of immigration bureaucracy in Belgium and Italy, I …

Examines the paradoxes of kinship in the lives of unauthorized African migrants as they
struggle for mobility, employment, and citizenship in Europe. In rapidly changing and highly …

According to Australian regulations, the right to marriage migration applies only to genuine
relationships. Marriage migration couples must demonstrate to state agents the authenticity …

This paper analyses how kinship in its intersection with the law shapes female migrants'
gendered vulnerabilities, but also their political subjecthood. My ethnographic fieldwork in …

This article explores the use of online social networks for seeking and sharing information
about marriage migration. In Europe, since the 1990s, this migration has faced heightened …

This article investigates how mobility regimes and destination countries contribute to
reshaping transnational family ties among refugees from Eritrea. Due to protracted political …

Sevilla and Mechelen are cities located in very different climatic regions in Europe. Sevilla
(700 000 inhabitants), in Andalucia, southwestern Spain (Figure 1), is one of Europe's …