Abstract:This article studies the process of reunification in Europe among "living apart together across borders" (LATAB) couples of African origin (DR Congo, Ghana and Senegal). Couple reunion is conceived as a multi-level process, wherein state selection (through immigration policies in destination countries) interacts with self-selection (at the couple level), under influence of the social context at origin. Based on event-history analyses of the MAFE project, empirical results show that LATAB is a majority and durable living arrangement for Sub-Saharan migrants, that the odds if reunifying depend on gender and inter-generational relationships, and that restrictive contexts at destination do not deter couple reunion.
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