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Immigration Policies and the Risks of Single Parenthood for Migrant Women

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In high-income countries, both single parents and migrants face elevated risks of living in poverty, but research has paid little attention to the intersection of single parent and migrant status. I examine the ways in which immigration policies make migrants dependent either on the labor market or on their families as a spouse or partner and how these dependencies present risks to migrant women who are single parents. I draw on qualitative data on migrant women’s experiences in the first five years after migration to the UK, which include their transitions to single parenthood, to explore how their legal status affects the risks that they experience. Those risks concern exclusion from access to social protection and permanent legal residence, where access is contingent on the ability to maintain a relationship to the market as a worker or to the family through marriage or a stable partnership.

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  • Isabel Shutes, 2022. "Immigration Policies and the Risks of Single Parenthood for Migrant Women," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 702(1), pages 149-162, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:702:y:2022:i:1:p:149-162
    DOI: 10.1177/00027162221124409
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