The Gambia Immigration Department’s (GID) Border Patrol and Migration Management Units stationed in Tanji, with support from national and international partners, intercepted one hundred and twenty (120) would-be irregular migrants in Tanji, Mandinaba, Gunjur, and Brufut.
The intercepted migrants are currently being processed and profiled at the GID’s withholding centre in Tanji.
The intercepted group comprises sixty-eight (68) Gambians, sixty-seven (67) Senegalese, four (4) Guineans, three (3) Ivorians, five (5) Malians, and one (1) Bissau-Guinean. There were one hundred and seventeen (117) males and eleven (11) females, including twenty (20) minors.
This successful joint operation demonstrates the department’s firm commitment to combating irregular migration through surveillance and border patrols. GID solicits the continued support of communities, civil society, media, security institutions, and international partners in combating irregular migration.
