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Forums & surveys on mixed relationships
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Despite all the obstacles put in their way, more mixed couples are marrying. China is the latest to report marriage with foreigners rising. [see News]
The percentage of interracial (inter-ethnic) married couples in England and Wales has reached the level the U.S. hit 30 years ago, according to the most recent U.K. census. U.S. percentages have since tripled. Meanwhile Spain’s … read more
You might think that people who can’t marry non-citizens unless they first get government approval would be discouraged. And yet, according to reports it appears that 2007 will show Saudi women continuing to marry out at increasing …read on »
Death threats and murders of people in mixed marriages in Iraq have increased, according to various reports. Targeted are Sunni-Shia couples.
In some cases, murders have been preceded by anonymous warnings ordering families to move out of their home immediately. These have taken the form of …read on »
The marriage of a Sikh and a non-Sikh led to attacks on the priest who performed the ceremony in Birmingham, the UK, according to reports of the Birmingham Post and the News Post of India.
Jarnail Singh Bhogal, president of the Ramgharia Sikh gurdwara said that he awoke to “a big bang and an …read on »
In China the number of nationals registering to marry a foreigner rose to 68,000 in 2006, 4,000 more than the year before.
A study of Shanghai’s international marriages for the seven years up to 2002 showed most overseas …read on »
Dining on strange food can be a challenge to the international couple, especially when it’s still moving.
About children, robin5 brings up choosing a language when the partnership is bilingual.
What happens to partners in a long time mixed marriage? How do they, as couples often do, begin to resemble each other, asks a forum visitor.
The security gauntlet at airports, as well as the best travel booking web sites, are questioned by a guest in an international mix.
Two million of the 6.5 million existing marriages in Iraq are between the now-warring Sunni and Shia sects, says the United Nations service IRIN.
Mixed marriages in the days of president Saddam Hussein occurred often between Sunnis and Shia and between Sunni Kurds and Arabs.
According to IRIN mixed couples formed an association in 2006 to protect …read on »
Interfaith marriages raise questions. In the U.S. for example says psychotherapist Joel Crohn 21% of Catholics and 32% of Jews live in mixed religion families.
The mixed questions they often confront include: “Do we …read on »
Interracial marriage has become a concern of some in Spain and Latin American countries. The interest is spurred possibly by the rising rate of marriage with foreigners, which has reached 14 percent.
In the 8th Immigration Congress of the Association for Socio-Cultural Links and Development Co-operation with Columbia and South America (Aculco) members have reacted to transnational marriages by …read on »
Inter-ethnic marriages make up one out of 50 marriages in England and Wales according to the Office for National Statistics.
Parsing the data from the last national census among ethnic groups defined as White, Mixed, Asian, Black, Chinese, or Other, the ONS found …read on »
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