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Migrant Assimilation in Europe: A Transnational Family Affair

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Kim Cartledge

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Abstract

The paper advances our empirical and theoretical understanding of migrant assimilation. It does so by focusing on a very particular group of individuals who appear more likely than other migrant types to “go native.” We call these individuals “mixed nationality relationship migrants” (i.e., migrants who have committed to a life outside their home country because of the presence of a foreign partner). The paper argues that the transnational family milieus that emerge from this form of international migration are critical to the assimilation process. Empirical material from 11 in-depth interviews with female migrants in Britain (Sheffield) and France (Paris) supports our argument. We also suggest that such “extreme” assimilation is more likely within a regional migratory system – like the EU – where the “identity frontiers” crossed in the formation of a transnational family are relatively shallow.

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Author(s): Scott S, Cartledge KH

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: International Migration Review

Year: 2009

Volume: 43

Issue: 1

Pages: 60-89

ISSN (print): 0197-9183

ISSN (electronic): 1747-7379

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.01147.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.01147.x

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