Gambia, Spain on repatriation negotiations

 They also agreed that both countries need to develop ways to tackle the migration problem.

According to him, Senegal and Guinea Bissau have already sent teams to identify their respective nationals and repatriate them home. He added that they have agreed with The Gambia government to start working on the issue of repatriating their citizens. According to him, in order to facilitate the process of repatriation, one of their foreign officials will stay permanently in The Gambia and the representative of Interior Minister will join him next week to start negotiating for the global agreement.

The deputy secretary was accompanied by four officials and four Spanish journalists.

They will be touring seven African countries including The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and Cameroon.

Written by Chief Ebrima B Manneh