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This article looks into the religious sites found along the migratory routes Sub-Saharan Africa/Arab world/Europe as places for building up resources or for other kinds of support from the migratory network. The Authors take the cases of three Mourid Senegalese dahiras (religious associations and spaces) at Marseille, Niamey and Cairo, and present their history by the use of a sociological approach to migrations. If indeed there is a link between the various forms of migratory ethos and the elaboration of such religious sites at a given place and time, what abilities and powers do migrants draw on in order to incorporate the religious scheme of things into plans for migration?