By Lamin Njie
A survivor of the Barra boat disaster last year has said the Gambia government has been ignoring them, six months after a tragedy that left 68 people dead.
A rickety boat bound for Spain and carrying Gambian migrants most of them from Barra capsized off the coast of Mauritania after it ran out of fuel.
Baba Jahateh a survivor of the tragedy has told The Fatu Network their life condition has not changed and that the government has been ignoring them.
“Since when we came back, they have been ignoring us,” Baba said.
“There was a fire incident at a market when our incident happened. We sat here and heard Barrow gave them two million dalasis.
“We left for [the ‘back way’] because of lack of jobs. That’s why we boarded a boat to go.
“They’re ignoring the youths here and if they speak, they say why we are going the ‘back way’. Why will we not go? Are we going to sit here and eat sand?”
