{"id":3505,"date":"2019-12-09T21:21:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T21:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=3505"},"modified":"2019-12-09T21:21:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T21:21:21","slug":"families-of-deceased-migrants-call-on-government-to-provide-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/families-of-deceased-migrants-call-on-government-to-provide-employment","title":{"rendered":"Families of Deceased Migrants Call on Government to Provide Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Families of Gambian youths who lost their lives at the recent incident in the Mauritanian coast have called on the Government to provide employment opportunities for youths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They believe that with better employment, young people will desist from going through such a perilous journey.<\/p>\n

Haddy Jobe a mother of a 15-year-old Pa Ousman Jobe who is said to be among the dead migrants said Pa Ousman is her only son and the only one taking care of her since she and Ousman\u2019s sister are sick and bed ridden.<\/p>\n

She urged the Gambia government to look into the situation of the youths, \u201cOur children are migrating because they don\u2019t see any future for themselves in the country,\u201d she said.
\nShe said her son is a grade 9 student whom she did not see for a while after which \u201cI eventually heard that my only son had joined a boat bound for Europe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t do anything but pray for him; but I ended up hearing that my son is part of the young youths of Barra and its surroundings whose boat capsized and they ended up losing their lives,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n

Haddy Camara mother of Dawda Faal (presumed dead) said she has warned her son several times not to take the sea route to Europe, but couldn\u2019t stop him.<\/p>\n

She said her 21-year-old son even avoided home because of her argument with him, \u201cI have not seen my son for weeks and suddenly I heard that he has passed away in foreign water,\u201d the mother sobbed.<\/p>\n

She wept, saying she knows her son took the journey because he went to improve the life of his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet the government help our children to have jobs once they complete their schooling because the children of our country have the belief that there is no job for them here even when they complete their schoolings,\u201d said Mrs. Camara.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Families of Gambian youths who lost their lives at the recent incident in the Mauritanian coast have called on the Government to provide employment opportunities for youths. They believe that with better employment, young people will desist from going through such a perilous journey. 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