The number of Turks and Moroccans who marry a bride from their homeland has gone down sharply between 2001 and 2006. In 2006 about 25% of Turkish and Moroccan grooms in the Netherlands brought their brides from Turkey or Morocco. Five years earlier that was about 60%, according to the Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS).
The CBS thinks that number of immigrant marriages had gone down due to stricter requirements for such marriages since 2004. The minimum age of those who want to marry a partner from abroad has gone up from 18 to 21, and the salary requirements have gone up as well. Additionally, the CBS thinks integration plays a role. Immigrants of the 2nd generation prefer a partner who grew up in the Netherlands. [ed. this contradicts other studies which show an opposite preference]
About 55% of Turkish men who married in 2006, married a Turkish women from the Netherlands, compared with 30% in 2001. About 27% brought their wife from Turkey, compared to 56% in 2001. The number of immigrant-marriages by Turkish men has gone down from 1,110 in 2001 to 400 in 2006.
The number of immigrant marriages has gone down by Moroccans as well. In 2006 23% of Moroccan men married a bride from Morocco, compared to 57% in 2001. The number of immigrant marriages went down from 1,000 to 360.
Barely 10% of Turkish and Moroccan men who got married in 2006, married an ethnic Dutch. This is about 150 marriages.
Source: Trouw (Dutch), CBS (Dutch)
See also: Denmark: More marriages with residents, Netherlands: Study of immigrant love relationships, Belgium: Moroccans choose mates from Morocco, Belgium: Stricter immigration laws put women at abuse risk , Belgian marriage-immigration
2 comments:
Do you trust these numbers? I don't.
I do trust these statistics. There are similar Danish numbers and after all, they're logical. You make it difficult for immigrants to come through family reunification and there will be less immigrants coming through family reunification. But that's the idea of laws to prevent immigration. The big question is whether there will be less immigrants overall, and that is still to be seen.
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