Gambia intercepts 45 migrants and arrests four suspects in Tanji
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
The Gambian Immigration Department intercepted 45 people seeking to migrate irregularly in Tanji, including 29 Senegalese, and arrested four suspects described as organisers. The migrants, including 40 men and five women, were placed in a detention centre and given assistance by the Gambia Red Cross Society, according to the Immigration Department.
The Gambian Immigration Department (GID)’s border patrol and migration management units intercepted 45 suspected migrants in Tanji, in the West Coast Region, on Saturday 24 October. They included 29 Senegalese, eight Gambians, five Guineans, two Ivorians and one Burkinabè, according to the GID, cited by Seneweb.
The group comprised 40 men and five women. The operation also led to the arrest of four people suspected of organising the departures. The migrants and suspects were taken to a detention centre, where they are receiving humanitarian assistance from the Gambia Red Cross Society and cooperating with investigators, Seneweb reports.
The interception took place on the same day that Gambian authorities announced another operation involving 184 suspected migrants and four suspects, reported in the interception of 184 migrants in Gambia. On 4 October, police also intercepted 47 suspected migrants in Bakau and Tanji, according to the account of interceptions in Bakau and Tanji.
