The Atlantic migration route to Spain, particularly the journey to the Canary Islands, continues to claim a devastating number of lives and Gambians remain among those most at risk. Between January and May 2025, at least 1,482 people died trying to reach the Canary Islands from West Africa, according to[Read More…]
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Gambia Gov’t Clarifies Memorandum Governing Spanish Circular Migration Programme
Press Release Dated: 31st October, 2024 Banjul, The Gambia – The Gambia Government wishes to announce that it has signed a joint-Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Circular Migration with the Kingdom of Spain on August, 28th 2024, which was ratified by the National Assembly on 19th October, 2024. The objective[Read More…]
Spain To Extend Seasonal Migrant Workers Programme To Senegal
Spain is extending a so-called circular migration programme to its first sub-Saharan African country, bringing in at least 100 people from Senegal to work on its farms during the harvest season, a government source said. The programme, due to start in April, aims to replicate the success of a 22-year-old[Read More…]
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