Book Chapter
Marriage, Migration and Gender: A Site for Crimmigration? An Australian Case Study
Susan Kneebone
Crimmigration in Australia: Law, Politics, and Society | Springer Nature | Published : 2019
Abstract
In this chapter, I fill a gap in the crimmigration literature by analysing the gendered dimensions of ‘marriage migration’ to Australia. For this purpose, I describe three case studies: mail order brides 1980s to 2002, human trafficking for marriage from the 2000s, and the legislative response to forced marriage in 2013. I argue that a focus on prevention of conduct and protection of migrant women (and girls) has overshadowed gender as an important aspect of the gatekeeper role of the crimmigration response. I demonstrate that the ‘intersectional’ features of the crimmigration nexus in the context of marriage migration include gender, culture, and identity; that gender is an embodiment of cu..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This chapter is an outcome of an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded Discovery Project entitled, `Development of a Legal Framework for Regulation of International Marriage Migration' for which Professor Susan Kneebone is Chief Investigator. The support of the ARC is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks also to Reyvi Marinas, Thomas Harre and Sayomi Ariyawansa for extensive and helpful research and editing assistance associated with this chapter.