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Gambians stranded in Libya rescued by Morocco
Monday, 07 March 2011 00:39
JollofNews - A ferry carrying about 2,000 people evacuated from Libya, including Gambian citizens, arrived Sunday at the
port of Tangiers in Morocco, AFP reported.The boat which contained mostly Moroccan citizens was chartered by Morocco, and it is said to have travelled from the troubled Benghazi city in the east of Libya to Tripoli and then on to Tangiers, in northwestern Morocco.
According to an AFP photographer cited in this report, a second boat was due later in the day.
Moroccan authorities put the total number of evacuees expected at the port of Tangiers on Sunday at 4,000. They said the first was carrying more than 1,400 Moroccans and several hundred others from other African countries, including Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania.
Last week opposition Foroyaa newspaper in Banjul reported that Gambian immigrants stranded in Libya, following outbreak of fighting between pro-democracy activists and Col. Ghadafi’s forces, had called its offices demanding what the Gambian government was doing to evacuate them.
There has been no official statement from Banjul as of yet.
AFP reported that the evacuated passengers, some in tears and holding children in their arms, were welcomed by aid workers when they disembarked and taken to waiting buses to be driven to various parts of the country.
Written by Augustin Jatta
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I have witnessed the first lady on one of her many shopping trips in the US, and let me tell you that i was amazed with the amount of Louis Vuitton baggage's and other goods she was checking in for her flight home. Yet this imbicile can't even send a charter flight to rescue it's suffering citizens. Shame on you!!!! Down with Jammeh!!!!
So what you doing here?....
Sometimes I wonder who the hell you think you are to tell us how to go about business in our own country.
You damn well know Yaya Jammeh is not the type that gives a damn about petitions.
If this is true, i find this very outrageous that up to this date our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not even made a statement about how they plan to help these poor migrants.
I know Jammeh is always suspicious of Gambians abroad, but for God's sake! people's lives are at risk in this case!
You may consider its merit for your democratic support?
that gambians are stranded in libya and our govermennt abondon them. I for one would like to thank morocco for rescueing our people. Guys this our only chance to get rid of jammeh and his goverment coz he lied about everthing since he take office, so lets join force.
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