| S/N | Research questions | Objective of the questions | Participants | Data |
| 01 | How might we define transnational youth migration? | Get the definition of transnational migration of youth. | Nigerian youth | Youth of European descent |
| 02 | What socio-political or economic factors influence youth decision to migrate? | Establish factors influencing youth migration | Nigerian youth migrants | European migrant youth |
| 03 | How and what legal barriers did youth migrants encounter at the Malta port of entry? | Identify elements of border surveillance and social interrogation. | Nigerian migrant youth/European migrant youth | structured interview |
| 04 | What perceptions of Nigerian immigrant youth do Maltese hold against their continued settling in Malta? | Find out the opinions of Maltese against Nigerian immigrant youth. | Nigerian migrant youth | Unstructured interview |
| 05 | How do Maltese perceive non-citizens living among them? | Find out the opinions of Maltese on immigrants generally. This shapes public opinion and immigration policies | Nigerian migrant youth/European migrant youth | Structured interview |
| 06 | What are the attitudes of Maltese authorities (immigration personnel and police) to immigrant youth? | Understanding how Maltese authorities react to discourage or encourage immigrants youths to settle in Malta | Migrant Nigerian youth/European migrant youth | Structured interview |
| 07 | What are the economic, social and political constraints faced by immigrant youth in settling in Malta? | Find out the structures of repression constraining migrant youth in host nations. | Nigerian migrant youth/European migrant youth | Unstructured interview |
| 08 | What efforts do immigrant youth apply to navigate around perceived barriers posed by social, political and economic systems in Malta, such as accessing resources? | This question seeks to establish how migrant youth resist subjugation and the skill they use to re-establish their humanity and survival. | Nigerian migrant youth/European migrant youth | Structured interview |
| 09 | How does Western education equip migrants to survive in Malta socio-economic spaces? | Find out how Western (colonial) education acquired in Nigeria equip Nigerian migrant youth to find employment in Malta. | Nigerian migrant youth | European Migrant youth |
| 10 | Given every opportunity, would migrant youth prefer to return to their countries of origin? | Find out if migrant youth are in deadlock and would prefer to return home or continue to stay in Malta. | Nigerian migrant youth/European migrant youth | Unstructured interview |