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Gambia News : Gambia Govt. Reacts to Unequal Visa Procedure
The
government of The Gambia has strongly reacted to the visa
procedure of certain countries, saying that Gambian visa
applicants have been singled out for finger printing. In
what appears to be a retaliatory measure, the Gambia
government revealed that it has instructed Gambian missions
overseas and other Gambian visa issuing authorities to begin
subjecting citizens of the countries concerned to the same
treatment.
According to a press release from the Department of State
for Foreign Affairs read over GRTS yesterday, it has been
brought to the attention of the government that certain
countries tend to single out Gambian visa applicants for
finger printing and other degrading treatment. This
reaction, the release added, is in order to safeguard the
dignity of Gambian citizens.
In
another development, President Jammeh yesterday assigned the
responsibility for Petroleum matters of the Secretary of
State for Energy, Hon. Ousman Jammeh, to the Office of the
President.
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- It is only right for the government to reciprocate. Perhaps it is time to look at other areas of inequality and take steps to restore the pride of the people, many of whom are genuine travellers. A seaprate immigration check in desk for "Foreign Nationals" perhaps? Lets see how they like it.
(Posted on April 5, 2008, 9:50 PM Witheld)
- The president is absolutely right to point this out and act on it. However, he also needs to address the fact that visa applicants (in the Gambia) are asked to pay huge sums of money just to be informed that their application for a visa has been refused - citing flimsy and sometimes irrational reasons.
(Posted on April 3, 2008, 6:21 PM Adama Kujabi)
- i totally agree on the president this time around.west always using all methods to degrade africans in general when comin to there countries.
have they forgot when they came and rape our women took our strong men away to build there so call western world they never required visa then.we should put in more stratigies to degrade them aswel when they comin to our countries.
(Posted on April 2, 2008, 1:59 AM modou musa jagne)
- i agree to the decision of the president and am glad that he stands for his people
(Posted on April 1, 2008, 10:35 PM mariama)
- i am realy proud of the comportiment of my president jammeh vis a vis of this imperilist fachist capitalist western people.mr jammeh i wish you long life and power on and whith you against this unshame people.
(Posted on March 28, 2008, 12:12 AM ousman barry)
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