Marriage-related migration to the UK

International Migration Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 861-890

  Charsley, Katharine ^a   Storer Church, Brooke ^a   Benson, Michaela ^b   Van Hear, Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MARRIAGE; POLICY MAKING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871626132     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imre.12003     Document Type: Article

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