Gambia intercepts 86 migrants, including 78 Senegalese
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Gambian immigration services intercepted 86 people seeking irregular migration on 26 October 2026 in Old Yundum, Gambia, including 78 Senegalese, five Guineans, two nationals of Guinea-Bissau and one Gambian. The 72 adult men and 14 minors were taken to a Gambia Immigration Department centre and are receiving assistance from the Gambia Red Cross, according to Seneweb.
Gambian immigration services intercepted 86 people seeking irregular migration on Monday 26 October 2026 in Old Yundum, in the West Coast region, including 78 Senegalese nationals, reports Seneweb. The operation was carried out by the border patrol and migration management units of the Gambia Immigration Department (GID), based in Tanji, during a visibility patrol.
The group also included five Guineans, two Bissau-Guineans and one Gambian. The authorities counted 72 adult men and 14 minors, all male, according to Seneweb.
Those detained were taken to the GID migration management centre, where they are being held pending the processing of their cases. The Gambia Red Cross is providing them with humanitarian assistance and psychological support.
The interception came two days after 184 migrants were intercepted and four suspects arrested, announced on 24 October, and the day after 125 migrants who departed from Gambia landed on the Spanish island of El Hierro.
