Transit migration : a piece of the complex mobility puzzle. The case of Senegalese migration

Abstract

The paper aims at analyzing transit migration, conceived as the temporary stay in one or more countries, with the objective of reaching a further destination. Transit migration will be in particular studied as part of broader mobility strategies, in a perspective of “continuous migration”, looking at how these movements are embedded in overall migration trajectories. Where do transits take place? From which countries do they originate and where do they lead to? Which position and role do they assume in the overall migration trajectories? These questions will be addressed and explored in this paper.