By Lamin Njie
Campaigners against deportation under a movement called Concerned Gambians have called on the Gambia government to end its silence on deportation.
Dozens of protesters on Thursday gathered at Westfield to express a variety of concerns on the deportation of Gambians from Europe.
“We are here to send a message on behalf of our brothers in the diaspora. This movement came as a result of the announcement of the deportation of 2500 Gambians from Germany. It’s about government’s silence about deportation that’s what triggered this movement,” Omar Saibo Camara, one of the leaders of Thursday’s protest said.
The Gambia government is facing the full fury of the Gambian public over the way and manner in which it is handling the deportation issue.
The protesters who wore t-shirts bearing the phrase, ‘Stop The Deportation,’ insisted the government must show greater concern.
“The deportation has started and the manner in which the deportation is done we have all been seing it but the government has been silent, the government has been ignoring,” Omar Saibo Camara who is the spokesperson of Concern Gambians said.
He added: “The Gambia government must take our lives seriously. We are angry because our brothers are being handcuffed from Germany like they are slaves.
“If the government says they don’t signed a deal that fine but has the government not seen how they are being sent back home? They can say something about that.”
