𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝-𝐛𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚

Tuesday, 27 October, 2026, the Gambia Immigration Department’s (GID) Border Patrol and Migration Management Units intercepted two hundred and twenty-two (222) would-be migrants in Sanyang and Faraba in the West Coast Region.

The group comprises thirty-eight (38) Gambians, one hundred and eighty (180) Senegalese, two (2) Malians, one (1) Nigerian, and one (1) Sierra Leonean. There were one hundred and eighty-three (183) males and twenty (20) females, including thirteen (13) minors – eleven (11) boys and two (2) girls. A suspected agent is in custody assisting investigators.

The intercepted migrants are being profiled and processed at the GID Migration Centre while receiving humanitarian assistance from the Gambia Red Cross Society.

These successful joint GID operations reflect the Department’s commitment to strengthening its border control and disrupting irregular migration activities.