Norway considered Denmark’s 23-year family reunification rule to combat forced marriage

Evidence

The government has announced its intention to impose tougher immigration requirements. As the minister of immigration, Erna Solberg, suggested, Norway now had to consider adopting a provision similar to the Danish law that makes it extremely difficult to obtain family reunification for persons under the age of twenty-three, a proposal Norwegian community groups warn is a violation of basic rights and will not prevent a single forced marriage. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 312

Categorization

• XREF: This is a concrete instance of the broader pattern in Razack’s argument — an immigration-control measure justified through the language of protecting Muslim women; parallels the racialized feminism theme.