Gambia: 40 Aspirant Migrants Arrested

Almost forty (40) would be migrants, most of them Gambians, were rounded up by the police and subsequently arrested at 'Wharfi Njago' in Banjul. They were detained at the Police Headquarters.

According to our sources, the youths who attempted to sail to Spain through the Canary Islands, were interrupted when the police received a tip off about their motives. Sources added that the aspirant migrants include Gambians and non Gambians from different parts of the country.

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