The ‘pure’ relationship, sham marriages and immigration control

This is the author pre-print version. The final version is available from Hart Publishing via the link in this record.This chapter investigates the circumstances in which a marriage involving a non- EEA migrant spouse is designated a sham marriage so that residence rights are refused. It analyses the problems of understanding and defining a sham marriage and argues that controls over sham marriages often regulate a much wider range of marriages than those entered for the sole purpose of obtaining residence rights