@article{ref1,
title="Migrant Assimilation in Europe: A Transnational Family Affair1",
journal="International migration review",
year="2009",
author="Scott, Sam and Cartledge, Kim H.",
volume="43",
number="1",
pages="60-89",
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.<p />",
language="",
issn="0197-9183",
doi="10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.01147.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.01147.x"
}