TY - JOUR AU - Kofman, Eleonore AU - Sales, Rosemary PY - 1997/10/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Gender Differences and Family Reunion in the European Union: Implications for Refugees JF - Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees JA - Refuge VL - 16 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.25071/1920-7336.21932 UR - https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21932 SP - 26-30 AB - The feminization of immigration flowsinto Europe, both through family reunionand the independent migration ofwomen, has been one of the most significantsocial changes of the past two decades.This development has, however,remained largely unexplored. This paperexamines the consequences ofchanges in access to family reunion, andits gendered implications for womenentering as family migrants and as applicantsto sponsor family members. Itcalls for a positive evaluation of immigrationpolicy aimed at securing rightsas weIl as controlling immigrationflows. ER -