Strange(r) Families: Political contestation over family and nation in migration regimes

9-10 November 2023, University of Amsterdam

The question which relationships qualify as ‘family’ in migration policy is key to defining who gets to legally migrate to and reside in Europe. It is central to family migration politics obviously, but plays a crucial role in other aspects of migration regime as well, including the governance of forced migration, labour migration, detention, and deportation. Dominant family norms also play a crucial role in the intersection of migration regimes with welfare regimes. But who decides what a ‘proper’ family is? Or what families are ‘deserving’ enough to belong here?

Conveners: Saskia Bonjour, Marco Borkent, Sonja Evaldsson-Mellström, Elsemieke van Osch, and Eline Westra

Please find the full program and registration link on the ARC-M website.