Gambia: Assessment uncovers hundreds of Ghana Town residents stateless
Published: 4/Nov/2024
Source: The Point (Banjul)
By: Sanna Camara
Amie Sanneh, 56, is the sister of the current Alkalo of Brufut. She was a member of the girl children present at the inauguration of the new fishing village of Ghana Town, which his father, the then Alkalo of Brufut, Pa Khalifa Sanno allocated to welcome a boat load of Ghanaians to reside. It’s been over 50 years today and these folks have not enjoyed citizenship, neither of The Gambia nor of Ghana.
A week-long assessment exercise last week enumerated these residents of the town, located on the outskirts of Brufut, West Coast Region. When we visited there on the fourth day, Thursday, 31 October 2024, tens were gathered across their community center – comprising a built cement block and corrugated roof hall, along with two canvas tents lined with chairs. It still bears the historical concrete-walled well sunk by Brikama Area Council and inaugurated by former president Jawara and vice president Badara Njie, along with Chief Jerrehba Bojang and brother Sanjally Bojang in 1962 to welcome the residents to The Gambia.
Filling out the forms and conducting interviews for questionnaires were officials of the Gambia Commission on Refugees, the Statelessness Focal Point under the Gambia Immigration Department and the UN High Commission for Refugees office in the country.
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