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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>A Gambian stranded at Kuala Lumpur Airport for the past three months is seeking help to fly back home.<\/b><\/p>\n

Saikou Bah from Banjulinding arrived in Malaysia on a short stay visa in February.<\/p>\n

Unable to secure a permanent stay he was asked to leave at the expiry of his visa. \u201cI heeded Malaysian immigration department\u2019s instructions to leave their country and flew to Singapore, another Commonwealth country hoping to carry on with my dreams. But on arrival, I was put on the plane hotfoot back to Malaysia landing at the part of the airport reserved for only Asia bound flights. To catch any flight from this country I need to cross over to the other part of the airport used by flights from elsewhere. But this simple act has proven impossible because the immigration said with my visa expired a long time ago I cannot move beyond the area unless with authorised escort, embassy assistance or other means,\u201d Samba told in a distressed voice over the phone from Kuala Lumpur airport.<\/p>\n

He explained that he had contacted the Gambia embassy in China, the nearest diplomatic post and had written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Banjul for official intervention to rescue him from the airport but for three months he has not heard from either.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bought and forfeited three tickets and my latest scheduled departure date was Saturday, 13 May but again I could not cross over to catch the Qatar Airways flight to Accra,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Samba said he is confined to \u201ca small space\u201d at the airport where he has been loafing and sleeping for the past three months. Samba told that he has contacted the International Organisation for Migration but they said it would take a long time before their intervention would bear fruit. \u201cI have been told that only consular service or direct intervention by the Gambia Government can help me out. I am appealing to the Gambia Government for immediate help,\u201d he said in tears.<\/p>\n

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