A 27-year-old Gambian national has been charged with drug trafficking following coordinated police raids in St Paul’s Bay, Malta. Ousman Manneh, from The Gambia, was arraigned on Wednesday before Magistrate Marsanne Farrugia alongside Lamin Keita, 34, a Malian national residing in St Paul’s Bay. According to Maltese police, officers first[Read More…]
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Legal Gaps Fuel Irregular Maritime Migration, Says Immigration Commissioner
The Commissioner for Migration, Binta KJ. Barrow, has warned that the absence of a strong legal framework criminalising irregular migration is worsening The Gambia’s growing maritime migration crisis. Speaking on Monday at a convergence organised by the National Disaster Management Agency and its partners, Commissioner Barrow said the lack of[Read More…]
The Back-Way Syndrome – A Possible Jinack Connection
Despite attempts by the government to convince Gambians that the irregular migration (the ‘back-way’) syndrome has been on the decline, it is quite evident that it has instead recently become even more regular and deadly, with so many young lives perishing virtually on a weekly basis while travelling in rickety[Read More…]
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