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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Momodou[/i] [br][b][size=4]Protesters March To Demand Evacuation Of Migrants From Libya[/size=4] Foroyaa: December 4, 2017 By Yankuba Jallow[/b] http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/19507 Hundreds of Gambians have held a protest march on 2nd December 2017, demanding the urgent evacuation of Gambian migrants from Libya, back to their homeland. The procession began at Palma Rima Hotel Junction and ended at the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, along the Bertil Harding Highway. The protesters called on the Government of Adama Barrow to do everything possible, to evacuate their Gambian brothers and sisters who are suffering because they are held against their will in Libya. Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, a Political Science lecturer at the University of the Gambia, said Government should do everything possible to evacuate ‘‘our Gambian brothers and sisters’’, who are suffering in Libya. ‘‘Government must engage the Libyan authorities through the African Union to make sure our brothers and sisters are sent home”, Dr. Ceesay said.‘‘We want to show solidarity with our brothers and sisters who are being auctioned and to send this strong message to Government, that what is happening, is unacceptable”, said Dr. Ceesay. Dr. Ceesay said the current situation that the Gambians are going through in Libya, is disheartening; that the kind of action they want to see from Government, is to condemn the inhumane action of Libyans, in the strongest terms; that those behind the action should be brought to book.The protesters carried banners bearing slogans of all sort such as: ‘‘The slavery, torture and killing of our people in Libya must stop! #We are not slaves.’’ Among the protesters were political activists, people from civil society groups, students of the University of The Gambia and others. As reported by the International Organisation for Migration, tens of thousands of Gambian youth have embarked on the perilous journey. Since the inception of the Barrow Government, efforts have been made to bring back Gambian migrants who are stranded in Libya. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.