In the Qualiservice online catalogue, a new dataset is available under https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.967478.

These are french languaged transcripts of qualitative interviews from the study Transnational Perspectives on Migration and Integration (TRANSMIT) which was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) and conducted by Philipp Roman Jung and colleagues within the framework of the DeZIM Research community and the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) in the Senegalese region Casamance.

The study investigates interactions between policy efforts to regulate migration and transnational migration processes, return and reintegration processes, and narratives and images of migration and their influence upon migration decisions and processes. In a multi-sited panel study, longitudinal empirical data was collected through qualitative, semi-structured interviews and one focus group interview with return migrants and potential migrants in all three departments of the Casamance during two periods of fieldwork in 2019 and 2022/23. All interviews were conducted in either French, Wolof or Pular. A compilation of 53 French languaged transcripts (translations) are archived at the research data centre Qualiservice.

The anonymized transcripts of these qualitative interviews are available for scientific re-use in research and academic teaching..This dataset has multiple potentials for secondary uses in the field of migration studies, for example to analyse and compare individual migration trajectories and to identify different factors that influence them. They illustrate the precarious conditions which Senegalese migrants encounter during their journeys and how they try to cope with them. The data also provide insights into the decision-making process for migration, also with regard to renewed migration attempts. Different aspects of return and reintegration processes can be studied, including the stigmatisation of empty-handed returnees. Further options for secondary analysis relate to narratives and images of migration and the relevance of informal networks.