Five Gambian nationals identified as “captains” of the canoe—Yusufa Faye, Momodou Faye, Musa Joof, Seydina Alieu Nyang, and Arfang Ngum
Instead, male relatives of migrants often step in to make choices, sometimes against the best interests of the wives and children left behind.
The initiative provides legal pathways for Gambians to work temporarily in Spain’s agricultural sector while discouraging irregular migration.
One of the Gambian plaintiffs, identified as bisexual, has already been sent to The Gambia and has reportedly gone into hiding.
He revealed that among those deported was a Gambian citizen. “A Gambian has been repatriated from the United States to Accra.”
Non-compliance by individual workers could put the entire bilateral agreement at risk, potentially depriving hundreds or even thousands of Gambians
This year’s theme, “Migrants, Missionaries of Hope” — invites the faithful to see migrants not only as people in search of safety and dignity
His alleged crimes ranged from domestic violence, breach of restraining orders, burglary, and damage to property to robbery with violence, sexual assault
The vessel, which reportedly departed from Sami Koto, a village in The Gambia’s North Bank Region, was bound for Spain’s Canary Islands when it overturned
Although the pursuing police car was said to have been trailing more than a hundred meters behind, crowds in Lausanne blamed law enforcement for the tragedy.
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