Moulding the migrant family
Wray, Helena E. (2009) Moulding the migrant family. Legal Studies, 29 (4) . pp. 592-618. ISSN 1748-121X [Article] (doi:10.1111/j.1748-121X.2009.00132.x)
Abstract
This paper offers a critical perspective on how immigration control regulates the family lives of British residents and nationals of migrant descent. Family migration is problematic for a government determined to restrict long-term immigration to the skilled. The extended or ‘corporate’ family is particularly problematic because it also causes the reproduction of forms of family life that are regarded as oppressive and a barrier to cohesion. Policies have tended to minimise these forms of migration, and recent changes and proposals are consistent with that. The result is the increased marginalisation or exclusion of some migrants and pressure on migrant family life to conform more closely to majority norms.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Areas: | A. > School of Law > Law and Politics |
| Item ID: | 3227 |
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| Depositing User: | Repository team |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2009 10:03 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Mar 2017 15:55 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/3227 |
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