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Six Gambian Workers Return to Spain Under Labor Program, Trade Ministry Says
Mod K. Ceesay, Minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment
By Makutu Manneh
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration, and Employment said this week that a government labor program with Spain is continuing to…
GID Intercepts 89 Suspected Migrants in String of Operations
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Immigration Department said it intercepted 89 suspected would-be migrants in three separate operations over a three-day span last week, part of what officials described as an intensified campaign against…
Security Forces Intercept 22 Suspected Migrants in Gambia’s North Bank Region
By Makutu Manneh
Joint security forces intercepted 22 suspected irregular migrants in the Lower North Bank Region this week, along with two boat engines, four motorbikes, and 40 gallons of fuel, according to a statement released by…
Gambia Immigration Department Intercepts 43 Suspected Irregular Migrants Near Sifoe
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Immigration Department said its officers intercepted 43 people attempting to leave the country through irregular migration routes, commonly referred to locally as the "backway," during…
Gambia Immigration Cracks Down on Irregular Migration in North Bank
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Immigration Department said its Border Patrol Unit in the North Bank Region intercepted 15 irregular migrants in Kerr Jane Village after receiving intelligence about an attempted journey through the River…
NAATIP Warns of Rising Scam-Based Human Trafficking, Launches Nationwide Awareness Campaign
Isatou Dabo, NAATIP Executive Director
By Seedy Jobe
The National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (NAATIP) has warned that human trafficking in The Gambia is increasingly taking new forms, with fraudulent recruitment schemes…
Gambia Immigration Intercepts 28 Irregular Migrants Near Border, Arrests Suspected Smuggler
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Immigration Department said its officers intercepted 28 irregular migrants near Balinghore in the North Bank Region following an intelligence-led operation conducted in collaboration with the Second…
Gambia Immigration Intercepts 20 Irregular Migrants in Border Security Operation
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Immigration Department said Thursday that it had intercepted 20 people attempting to migrate irregularly through the country, in the latest operation aimed at disrupting migrant smuggling networks that…
Immigration Foils ‘Backway’ Attempt, Arrests Four Suspected Smugglers
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) said it intercepted 91 people attempting to undertake irregular migration and detained four suspected migrant smugglers during an operation in Tanji carried out by its…
Darboe Opens Foni Bullock Football Tournament, Urges Youth to Embrace Sports and Shun Irregular…
Ousainu A.M. Darboe, Party Leader and Secretary General, UDP
By Seedy Jobe
United Democratic Party (UDP) Secretary General and Party Leader Ousainu A.M. Darboe on Saturday officially opened a football tournament in Foni Bullock,…