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The DR website published a report this afternoon on the result of tightening the family reunification law in Denmark, which has been in effect for about twenty years. The report indicated a delay in the age of marriage and childbirth for young women of immigrant origin.
The report attributes this primarily to the controversial “24-years” law of 2002, arguing that the living conditions of minority women have changed, according to new research conducted by the Rockwool Foundation in collaboration with Stockholm University. The law, adopted about twenty years ago, does not prevent young people from marrying early (i.e., from the age of 18 at least) with whomever they want, but it prevents family reunification and coming to Denmark before both are over 24 years old.
Annually until 2000, 7–8% young women of immigrant origin aged 18–32 were married, but after the implementation of the 24-year age limit in 2002, the rate dropped significantly to around 3%. According to research, this decrease can be attributed to the tightening of family reunification policies. (Continue reading below the advertisement).
More education
This law appears to have affected not only the age of marriage and childbearing for girls, but “there also seems to be an impact in terms of education. They received five months of additional education as a result of the reform (of the law),” according to researcher Marie-Louise Schultz-Nielsen.
delayed childbearing
It also appears that the law led to a delay in having a first child, as researcher Schultz-Nielsen points out that the law also had a significant impact on the lives of young people, because after all they could marry whomever they wanted, but it seems that subsequent marriages also led to a delay in having a first child, and thus the girls may have had more time for education.
Schultz-Nielsen did not specify whether the tightening would have a positive or negative effect, indicating that it depends on the balance between different considerations.
