{"id":56153,"date":"2024-04-09T16:16:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=56153"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T15:53:16","slug":"police-intercept-30-intended-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants","title":{"rendered":"Police intercept 30 intended migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>In their quest to discourage irregular migration using the dangerous route to Europe in search for greener pasture, officers of The Gambia Police Force (GPF) have arrested 30 intended migrants.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Modou Musa Sisawo, the spokesperson GPF confirmed the development, saying: \u201cThe Police Intervention Unit&#8217;s Charlie Company arrested thirty (30) individuals, including three females and a six-month-old child, camping around the Denton Bridge \u2018Kaamaalo\u2019 on allegations of planning to embark on irregular migration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a swift response, the police arrested individuals found within the mangroves, some embarking on a boat, while others dispersed upon seeing the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the above, we urge communities and individuals to come together in support of humane and regular migration solutions, ensuring the safety and rights of all people are respected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. In their quest to discourage irregular migration using the dangerous route to Europe in search for greener pasture, officers of The Gambia Police Force (GPF) have arrested 30 intended migrants. Modou Musa Sisawo, the spokesperson GPF confirmed the development, saying: \u201cThe Police Intervention Unit&#8217;s Charlie Company arrested thirty (30) individuals, including three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-56153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police intercept 30 intended migrants - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In their quest to discourage irregular migration using the dangerous route to Europe in search for greener pasture, o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police intercept 30 intended migrants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In their quest to discourage irregular migration using the dangerous route to Europe in search for greener pasture, o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T16:16:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/04\/sm_1712665199.732573.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police intercept 30 intended migrants\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-09T16:16:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/04\/sm_1712665199.732573.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/police-intercept-30-intended-migrants\",\"name\":\"Police intercept 30 intended migrants - 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