This thesis explores the interaction between the mobility and conjugal trajectories of married couples involving migrants in an undocumented position and the state regulation of residency rights in Portugal. In a context in which securitarian approaches prevail in European Union migration policies, family reunification is increasingly controlled and framed as a potentially fraudulent channel to evade migration ...
Based on a case study on the institutional regulation of conjugality and migration in Portugal, this contribution feeds into the debate regarding the construction of illegality in the context of international mobility. Observing the specific institutional processes related to family-related migration allows us to observe for instance, the construction of a space of control and criminalization. This focus on "il...