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Gambia News : Gambia deports 64 street kids to Senegal
The Gambia' s Immigration Department has confirmed the
deportation of 64 street Children locally known as " Almudus" who were
rounded up within Banjul and Serrekunda, and identified as Senegalese
citizens and few identified as Gambian are kept in detention helping
the department with investigation. According to superintendent Olimatou Jammen-Sonko Spokesperson of the
Gambia Immigration, the children who are all boy age between 10 and 17,
were like vagabonds within Banjul and Serrekunda noting that the
children were living by themselves; that most of them slept in the
Mosques and under Veranda’s.
She pointed out that them were
being used as child labourers at the beach side and were paid low wages
and most of the were not physically healthy adding that they were
causing nuisance within the communities.
She disclosed that all
the 64 children are natives of Kabada, Njamakuta and Medinaunas, all in
Senegal and they were deported under the escort of their officers to
the border and handed them to the Senegalese authorities noting that
the Senegalese authorities in Banjul were aware of the development.
“From
now no, teenagers travelling to Gambia without parents will no be
allowed in and her department will put all measures to stop the flood
of children in the Gambia.
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- I am very proud of the Gambia immigration department for Considering the poor control of young childrens entering the Gambian community.It ws a very bad effect for tourist,Tourist use to felt really bad seeing very young kids asking for money and things with very bad clothing n helth.
So please be strick on it n make sure boders are control with full policies that.No one under the Age of 18 is allowed to travel on there own.
Congratulation for the Hardwork u did on that issue.
(Posted on March 14, 2008, 9:43 PM Omar Jarju)
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