Language as a new instrument of border control: the regulation of marriage migration from Morocco to Germany.
In 2007, the German government introduced the requirement of a language certificate for citizens of ‘third countries’ who want to join their spouses in the Federal Republic. Thereby, Germany followed the example of the Netherlands, Austria, the UK and France. German policy-makers have justified this...
| Publicado en: | Journal of North African Studies Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 540 - 553 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2015
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