Marriage Migrants' Way Out of Intimate Partner Violence - by Marion Uhle (Paperback)

About the Book

How can migrant women whose residence status depends on marriage find a way out of domestic violence? This book explores how this problem challenges public policies in Germany, France, and Italy, detailing how effective aid institutions deal with this problem and how affected people find their own strategies.

Book Synopsis

Between couple violence and expulsion: How can migrant persons whose residence status depends on marriage find a way out of intimate partner violence? Everyone who experiences violence within the partnership should have access to help facilities. However, for affected people who have come to their host country through marriage and are subject to migration regulations, this access is difficult. The study shows that in these cases there is a clear tension between the private and the public space. Building on a European perspective, the author explores the question of how this problem challenges public policies in the EU member states studied, Germany, France and Italy, how competent aid institutions deal with this problem and how affected persons find their own strategies.

About the Author

Marion Uhle is a researcher from Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Université de Strasbourg, France.