January 24, 2023
Gambia: Reap Trains Returnees On CV, Interview Techniques, Job Opportunities
Returnees' Caoching and job Placement (REAP), a six-month pilot project intended to help returnees reintegrate recently concluded a three-day forum for returnees on CV writing,… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Gambia: IOM, Japan Sign U.S. $2.2 Million Grant to Enhance Border Management
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the government of Japan recently signed $2.2M meant to enhance the operational efficacy of The Gambia… Read more »
Africa: Anxiety as UK Court Rules to Deport Migrants to Rwanda
Hundreds of Senegambians in the United Kingdom are currently in a state of anxiety and unease as the High Court in London finally issued a verdict in favour of the government to… Read more »
August 29, 2022
Rwanda: UK Govt and Law Society At Loggerheads Over London-Kigali Asylum Pact
The Law Society of England and Wales has vowed to prevent the UK government's plans to send asylum seekers who crossed the Channel into Britain to Rwanda as it "raises questions… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Gambia: PLJ Foundation for Development Appoints Bekir Batur As Goodwill Ambassador
The PLJ Foundation for Development - The Gambia has appointed Mr. Bekir Sitki Batur as its Goodwill Ambassador to Turkey and rest of Europe. Read more »
June 15, 2022
Gambia: No Gambian Among the First UK-Rwanda Deportation Flight
The Point can now confirm that there is no Gambian national among the first deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda following unsuccessful bid by lawyers and other representatives… Read more »
June 13, 2022
Gambia: UK Court Allows Transfer of Senegambian Refugees to Rwanda
Following a protracted, prolonged and fierce legal battle challenging the transfer to Rwanda of hundreds of asylum seekers who crossed the English Channel via France to the UK, the… Read more »
June 08, 2022
Gambia: Childfund Distributes 2250 Hygiene Kits to Displaced Children in Fonis
As part of Child Fund's efforts in ameliorating the living condition of displaced children affected by the last skirmish between the Senegalese forces serving Ecomig in The Gambia… Read more »
May 12, 2022
Senegal: IOM, Gambia Red Cross Society Distribute Non-Food Items to Communities Affected By Casamance Conflict
On 10 May, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) completed the distribution of critical non-food items to over 1,700 people… Read more »