Spouse Sponsorship Policies: Focus on Serial Sponsors

Nafiseh Ghafournia and Patricia Easteal
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Nafiseh Ghafournia: Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney 2006, Australia
Patricia Easteal: School of Law and Justice, University of Canberra, Bruce, Canberra 2601, Australia

Laws, 2017, vol. 6, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: Australian citizens or permanent residents can sponsor a spouse or prospective spouse for immigration, and concerns have been raised particularly in regards to serial or repeat sponsorship and the rights to safety for sponsored partners who are victims of domestic violence. There has been little research to date though on this type of family migration. By bringing together immigration statistics and policies from current national and international literature, this paper provides a more nuanced portrayal of patterns of spouse sponsorship and the potential problems of serial sponsorship and protection of those sponsored from intimate partner violence (IPV). We identify the limitation of the existing immigration policy and law for protecting the right of sponsored spouses who are mainly women. Some recommendations to better support these sponsored people are also explored.

Keywords: serial spouse sponsorship; domestic violence; intimate partner violence; immigration policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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