Life Satisfaction of Cross-Border Marriage Migrants in South Korea: Exploring the Social Network Effects

Yu, Sojin; Chen, Feinian

doi:10.1111/imre.12287

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“…Studies also described other immigration policies and restrictions on citizenship rights such as right to residency status by country, Taiwan imposed 3 years of immigration restriction, United Kingdom 1 year, China 5 years, Korea 7 years upon being granted conditional residency status (Williams & yu, 2006; Yu & Chen, 2018); dependence status where a qualitative finding revealed that men use deportation as a threat to the woman and her children to cage her and make her more vulnerable to domestic violence (Raj et al, 2019; Raj & Silverman, 2002; Tang & Wang, 2014); immigration flows restrictions (Carver, 2016); minimum available amount in a bank account to obtain a dependent status; in America, a K–1 or fiancée visa is issued with the condition that the couple marries within 90 days (US Dept. of Homeland Security, 2017); citizenship after 3 years of residence for those married to American citizens and 5 years for those married to Americans holding legal permanent residency (de Hart, 2017; Stamper Balistreri et al, 2017) and policies of probationary visa all renders women prone to domestic violence in their marital homes (Akyuz & Tursun, 2019; Anitha, 2019; Anitha et al, 2018; Kim, 2010, 2014; Kudo, 2017; Qureshi, 2016).…”

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Domestic Violence in Cross-Border Marriages: A Systematic Review

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Kaka

2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Cross-border marriages have been found to be associated with domestic violence due to the migration experiences of the couples concerned and the stress experienced before, during, and after migration, despite local and international legislation on domestic violence. A systematic review using the PRISMA Statement was conducted to examine the relationship between domestic violence and cross-border marriages among cross-border wives from Asian countries. Six databases—Taylor & Francis Online, Wiley Online, Scopus, Web of Science, Sage Journals, and Springer Online library, were used in the research which found 179 articles for eligibility and 58 articles were finally used in the review. To be included, studies must have addressed domestic violence and cross-border marriage among Asians, report qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods, addressed the RQs, been published in polished English between 2010 and 2020 and published in a reputable journal with high impact factor. The systematic review found that immigration status, citizenship, culture, language barrier, diversity/intersectionality, age, and economic dependence are the risk factors for domestic violence, which leads effects such as divorce or separation, racism, loneliness, loss of identity & inheritance, stigma, abandonment, and discrimination. Yet these cross-border wives resorted to NGOs, social & religious groups, and traditional beliefs as coping strategies. The review suggests that legislations on domestic violence should be amended to include a definition of the rights of immigrant women, and the plight of cross-border wives, which should be protected. It is also imperative to propose favorable laws and policies regarding immigration status and citizenship for these cross-border couples.

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Domestic Violence in Cross-Border Marriages: A Systematic Review

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Kaka

2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…These immigrant women are both unable to report or escape domestic violence due to lack of money and their illegal status. As such, women continue to endure all sorts of maltreatment and inhuman treatments from both, their arranged husbands and the brokers to whom they would turn to for help (Yu & Chen, 2018).…”

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Syndicate Marriage or Trafficking? The Travails of Asian Migrant Women

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Migration is a phenomenon that has come to stay. It cuts across all nations in the world. People migrate for different purposes such as education, marriage, labour, job opportunity or employment and shelter for refugees. Migration occurs through various mediums which could be self, family members, friends, or other intermediaries such as brokers. This research applied the pure library-based research method to highlight the activities of brokers in migration in Asia and examine the ordeals of women victims in cross-border migration. It was discovered that activities of these illegal brokers, that is also known as syndicates, are not different from human trafficking. The women victims, whose desires are to change their status, soon got trapped in uncertainty with shattered dreams, hence the suggestion that Asian countries enter into bilateral agreement to enable favourable and a less strict migration procedures for their member states. In addition, the contracting states should enact strict legislation to curb syndicate marriage and check the accesses of these illegal brokers. Received: 13 October 2021 / Accepted: 21 November 2021 / Published: 3 January 2022

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“…Since 2003, around 10% of marriages in Korea have been categorized as "cross-border," with the majority formed through marriage migration and concentrated in low-income households (Ministry of Gender Equality and Family 2016). Today, the image of "mail-order-brides" and wives being commercially bought continues, despite evidence demonstrating the predominant use of social networks over commercial brokering services (Yu and Chen 2018) and the erroneous conception of marriage migrants as lacking agency (Constable 2005).…”

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Gendered Nationalism in Practice: An Intersectional Analysis of Migrant Integration Policy in South Korea

2020

Gender & Society

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In this article, I investigate how gendered nationalism is articulated through everyday practices in relation to immigrant integration policy and the intersectional production of inequality in South Korea. By using ethnographic data collected at community centers created to implement national “multicultural” policy, I examine the individual perspectives and experiences of Korean staff and targeted recipients (marriage migrants). To defend their own “native” privileges, the Korean staff stressed the gendered caretaking roles of marriage migrants and their contribution to the nation as justification for state support. The migrants, while critical of the familial responsibilities imposed on them in Korea, underscored their gendered value to the nation (as mothers to “Korean” children) to offset their subjugated position. The diverging perspectives of the two groups are informed by “everyday” nationalism, generated through constantly gendered terms and effects. Bringing together the literature on nationalism and migration through a focus on reproductive labor, I expose how national boundaries are drawn through quotidian practices of gendered nationalism, with significant implications for gender and ethnic hierarchies.

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Life Satisfaction of Cross-Border Marriage Migrants in South Korea: Exploring the Social Network Effects

Cited by 7 publications

References 75 publications

Domestic Violence in Cross-Border Marriages: A Systematic Review

Domestic Violence in Cross-Border Marriages: A Systematic Review

Syndicate Marriage or Trafficking? The Travails of Asian Migrant Women

Gendered Nationalism in Practice: An Intersectional Analysis of Migrant Integration Policy in South Korea

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