Human Rights in Spotlight as FIFA and Qatar’s “Just Play Football” Strategy Backfires Written by Claudio Francavilla, Senior EU Advocate. On November 24, the European Parliament urged FIFA and Qatar to compensate widespread abuses that migrant workers suffered while building the 2022 World Cup infrastructure and making the games possible. […]
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Activist Yahya Sonko faults EU’s approach to irregular migration, calls on African leaders to emulate President Nana Akufo-Addo
Yahya Sonko, a migration, and human rights advocate has called on African leaders to blame the European Union (EU) for the situation of irregular migrants in Europe, instead of blaming the migrants. Mr. Sonko, who is also serving as a Speaker at the Refugee Council of Baden-Württemberg in Germany made […]
Gambia-EU Cooperation, Partnership & Consultative meeting
BANJUL, 15 NOVEMBER 2022: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad on Monday 14th November 2022 received in audience a delegation from the European Union Commission in Brussels for the first expert meeting between the EU Inter-Service Team and Heads of Ministries and other institutions of the […]
EU to Introduce Visa Restrictions for Senegal & The Gambia as a Leverage for Readmission of Illegal Migrants
The European Union’s Commission has adopted proposals to introduce visa measures for passport holders of Senegal and The Gambia as a leverage to push these two countries to cooperate more on the readmission of their nationals who are currently staying illegally in one of the EU countries. The decision has […]
