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GAMCOTRAP Conducts Sensitisation with Gambians in Catalunya, Spain

The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP), in partnership with AMAM - a women’s rights organisation against female genital mutilation in Spain, recently conducted a sensitization meetings in ten villages and towns in Girona, in the Catalunya district of Spain.The 12-day bridge building visit was an opportunity to create awareness on women and children’s rights, traditional practices and the Spanish government’s protocol against female genital mutilation in particular.The...

Gambia confirms cordial relationship with Spain

Following recent reports about the alleged deportation of some Gambian nationals from Spain, The Gambia government, through the Department of State for Communication, has issued a press release, apparently aimed at clarifying their position in the case. The release categorically affirmed the country’s commitment to the cordial relationship between the two friendly countries, apparently rebuffing distorted reports from the bad press about the real situation. Below we reproduce the full text of...

38 Illegal Immigrants Returned From Spain

At least 38 of the 103 illegal immigrants who have been sent to and from Spain were last Friday finally repatriated to The Gambia, this paper can reveal. Sources added that the rest are now allowed to live in Spain. It could be recalled as many as 103 people considered to be illegal immigrants were recently repatriated from Spain, but were sent back as the Gambian authorities refused to issue clearance for them to disembark from the plane. The plane reportedly spent several hours at the...

103 Deportees Sent Back to Spain

At least 103 people considered to be illegal immigrants were on Friday 19th September 2008 repatriated from Spain, but were sent back to Spain, as the Gambian authorities refused to issue clearance for them to disembark from the plane. The plane spent several hours at the BanjulInternationalAirport, but returned with the deportees to Spain. According to diplomatic sources, the Gambian authorities’ refused the give the clear because they were not notified on time. The Gambian authorities were...

Following Last Monday’s Deportation

Youths Vow to Return to Europe The last week deportation of a total number of 49 Gambian youths from the Kingdom of Spain has failed to break the resolve many youths who expressed their readiness to brave the precarious conditions to enter Europe despite the attendant consequences. The search for greener pastures, which has been pursued as a matter of life and death by many a hope-starved Gambian youths, has in recent times been a source of worry, and all attempts to arrest the trend have come...

49 Gambian Youths Deported from Spain

Up to 49 Gambian youths were on Monday repatriated from theKingdom of Spain, The Point has beenreliably informed. The youths, who were flown in to Banjul on Monday night,were reported to have been escorted by Spanish police officers. ChiefSuperintendent Olimatou Jammeh-Sonko, Immigration PRO, confirmed the story. The latest batch of deportees from the Kingdom Spain comeson the heels of a few others in the recent past, involving mostly youths whoembark on precarious, mostly sea, voyages to reach...

A Bridge Too Far For Fearful Europeans?

Spain says a feasibility study for an undersea tunnel to connect Spain and Morocco is in the final stages. If the project goes ahead and construction begins, trains carrying both passengers and goods are expected to start using the tunnel in 2025. The tunnel would be 40km long and pass 300m under the Mediterranean Sea. The undersea link would unite North Africa and Europe for the first time since the continents separated more than 200 million years ago. Many people in Africa will rejoice at...

Noo Kunda project lined up

Liuc Beltran I Beltran, an agricultural technician from Generalitat of Catalonia Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action in Spain, has disclosed that the people of Noo Kunda in the Illiasa Constituency ,North Bank Region, will soon benefit from a borehole and storage facilities. Liuc Beltran made this remarks, last Thursday, during a visit to Noo Kunda accompanied by Kassim Njie Dampha, the Gambian honourary counsel to Spain, Lamin Jammeh, National Assembly Member for Illiassa...

14 Gambians Arrested in Attempt to Sail to Spain

Despite therecurrence in the loss of lives on the dangerous seas between Spain and Morocco,many are still willing to brave the precarious conditions to enter Europe as 14more Gambian youths were arrested on Friday in a suspected attempt to sail to Spain.The youths,who were intercepted at the Banjul ferryterminal, were said to be waiting for a boat bound for Dakar where they were supposed to meet theiragent, one Mr Musa, to whom they paid D20,000.00 each. Thepractice of embarking on perilous...

Gambia’s New Ambassador to Spain Presents Letters of Credence

A news release from the Department of State for Foreign Affairs has revealed that Mr. Kebba Satou Touray, Gambia’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, has presented his letters of credence to His Majesty, King Juan Carlos, at the Madrid Royal Palace. According to the release, Ambassador Touray, in a brief tête-à-tête after his presentation, conveyed a massage of greetings to King Juan Carlos, his Government and the people of Spain, from His Excellency President Jammeh, his government and the...