While academic research has focused on binational marriages (i.e., marriages between partners of different national origins), transnational divorce is still under-researched in the field of migration and family studies. Drawing on qualitative data, this paper analyses the testimonies of Brazilian and Cape Verdean migrant women concerning their experiences of marriage and divorce from Portuguese partners. We adopt an intersectional approach to highlight how some central categories-gender, social class and migration status-influence their agency and consequences of marital disruption.Contrary to studies in which migrant women are victimised after divorce, our results reveal that, for these women, marital dissolution is an empowering strategy to end up their unhappy marriages.

The number of Chinese migrants settling in Portugal has been growing since the 1980s, and more rapidly since the turn of the century. However, studies focusing on these immigrants are still scarce and do not consider their diversity, including their different origins — essentially Macao, Mozambique, and China itself. The aim of this paper is to update the existing literature on Chinese migration to Portugal, particularly by looking at the immigrants’ diversity as a group (Macanese, Chinese Mozambicans, economic migrants, students, and business migrants). Additionally, data from the 2011 Census is analyzed for Chinese economic migrants in terms of the light it can shed on some dimensions related not only to their migratory paths, family contexts and labor market but particularly to their professional and economic strategies. 上个世纪八十年代以来，葡萄牙的华人人口不断增长，新千年初期尤其迅速。然而，学术界有关华人社会的研究仍然缺乏，并且未顾及华人社会的多元性。其实，生活在葡萄牙的华人源自澳门、莫桑比克和中国大陆。本文主要通过探视华人社会作为一个族裔群体所体现的多元性，更新有关旅葡华人的现有文献。通过分析2011年人口普查的有关数据，本文将对葡萄牙华人的移民途径、家庭背景和劳动市场，尤其是就业策略和经济策略，作出探讨。 This article is in English.

In 2011, Portugal launched a residence permit programme to attract foreign investment from non-EU citizens, with Chinese business migrants representing those taking most advantage of this initiative. This paper analyses this policy measure and assesses its social consequences, as a new way that Chinese migrants have to enter Portugal. Firstly, we characterise this programme by identifying its principles and legal requirements, using official data from 2012 to 2018. We then describe the emergence of this type of residence permit as a response to the financial crisis of 2011, and as part of a neoliberal political rationality that has guided a governance model since this time. Next, we characterise the profile of Chinese citizens who benefit from this initiative and claim residence permits on the basis of their economic power. Finally, we discuss the social and political implications of this kind of entrance to Portugal, to provide some insights for policymakers.

O número de imigrantes chineses em Portugal tem aumentado consideravelmente desde a década de 2000. A consequente sedentarização destes imigrantes assim como dos seus descendentes, leva a questionar de que modo se desenvolve a sua integração social na sociedade portuguesa. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar algumas dimensões estruturantes da vida de descendentes de imigrantes chineses: trajetória imigratória, contexto familiar, percurso escolar e inserção no mercado de trabalho. Esta análise será desenvolvida com o recurso aos discursos obtidos em entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas a estes jovens. Na parte final do artigo, são apresentadas algumas questões decorrentes desta temática, para reflexão futura.

This article analyses some of the issues enabling us to understand European intra-marriage as a social phenomenon, by presenting some empirical findings resulting from 30 in-depth interviews carried out on couples in Lisbon. It begins by explaining how free movers may be seen as an emerging group of citizens within the European matrimonial market, in order subsequently to clarify how the expression European intra-marriage is useful for categorising this new type of mixed partnership. Some results relating to personal, social and marital aspects will then shed light on the dynamics of these European mixed unions. A final section suggests further lines of research that must be taken into consideration in future work in this field.