Reunifying Versus Living Apart Together Across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of sub-Saharan Migration to Europe
Auteur(s): Beauchemin cris, Nappa Usatu JocelynNom de la revue/Journal: International Migration Review
Mois: avril
Volume: Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring 2015), pp. 173-199 (27 pages)
Numéro: 1
Année: 2015
pages: 173-199
Résumé
<p><span style="color:rgb(52,51,50);">This article studies the process of reunification in Europe among "living apart together across borders" (LATAB) couples of African origin (DR Congo, Ghana, and Senegal). Couple reunion is conceived as a multilevel process, wherein state selection (through immigration policies in destination countries) interacts with self-selection (at the couple level), under influence of the social context at origin. Based on event history analyses of the MAFE project, empirical results show that LATAB is a majority and durable living arrangement for sub-Saharan migrants, that the odds if reunifying depend on gender and inter-generational relationships, and that restrictive contexts at destination do not deter couple reunion</span></p>