Risky journeys – Risk and decision‐making among potential irregular migrants in Senegal and Guinea
| Published date | 01 April 2023 |
| Author | Jasper Tjaden |
| Date | 01 April 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13003 |
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International Migration. 2023;61:212–225.
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INTRODUCTION
This stu dy assesses the link betwe en risk infor mation on inten tions toward s irregular mi gration base d on two sur-
veys with potent ial irregular migra nts collected ind ependently from ea ch other in Dakar, Seneg al and the North-
Western region of Gu inea.
Received: 29 Sep tember 2021
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Revised: 10 Januar y 2022
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Accepted: 2 March 20 22
DOI: 10.1111/imig.13003
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Risky journeys – Risk and decision- making among
potential irregular migrants in Senegal and Guinea
Jasper Tjaden
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© 2022 The Auth ors. International Migration published by John W iley & Sons Ltd on behalf o f International Or ganization for
Migration
Departm ent for Economic and So cial
Sciences, Un iversity of Potsd am, Potsdam,
Germany
Correspondence
Jasper Tjad en, Departmen t for Economic
and Social Sci ences, Universit y of Potsdam,
August- Bebel- Str. 89, 14469 Potsdam,
Germ any.
Email: jasper.tjaden@uni-potsdam.de
Abstract
In response to well- documented harms inflicted on irregular
migrants at tempting to travel from West Africa to Europe,
various actor s have scaled up information interventions to
counter misinfo rmation by smug gling networks and facili-
tate s afe migration decisions. Many interventions include
information on the potential dange rs involved in migration.
However, there is a striking lack of empiric al evidence as-
sessing a key assumption of campaign effectiven ess, that is
the relationship b etween risk perceptions and the d ecision
to migrate irregularly. T his study contributes an empirical
account base d on two independently colle cted surveys i n
Senegal and Guinea. Consistent wit h rational choice theo -
ries o n migration decisions under uncertainty, the results
suggest that high er risk perceptions are consistent ly and
strongly associated with reduced intentio ns to migrate ir-
regularly. Yet, the explanatory power of risk perceptions
depends on contex t and is gener ally less important than
structura l and socio- economic factors.
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