In this contribution I examine the moral roots of the contemporary (in)hospitality of the city of Brussels by exploring one area of observation in particular: the handling of the fight against marriages of convenience for migratory purposes. Based on 2012–2013 ethnographic fieldwork, I reflect on the utopian thinking underlying the work of state agents in charge of implementing this fight. Through the detailed examination of two case studies, we will see how state agents select ‘good’ couples and, in doing so, reproduce social and racial hierarchies by excluding undesirable forms of intimate relationships. The non‐conformity with local moral standards (and particularly the romantic logic), modest ways of self‐presentation or the current ideology of migrants as parasites are at the core of these practices of exclusion.

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“真爱”是官僚的乌托邦：比利时的一对夫妻

在这篇文章中，我特别探讨了一个观察领域，探讨了布鲁塞尔市当代（热情）好客的道义根源：为迁徙目的处理便利婚姻的斗争。基于2012-2013年的民族志田野调查，我反思了负责实施这场斗争的国家特工所基于的乌托邦式思想。通过对两个案例研究的详细研究，我们将了解到国务人员如何选择“好”夫妻，并通过排除不良的亲密关系来重现社会和种族等级制度。这些排斥行为的核心是不符合当地道德标准（特别是浪漫主义逻辑），谦虚的自我表现方式或当前移民作为寄生虫的意识形态。