By Malen Ndow
The Foundation Against Trafficking and Irregular Migrations (FATIM) in collaboration with the Victim’s Families has facilitated the repatriation of first batch of Gambian women trafficked to Oman.
The Foundation also announced working hard to facilitate the repatriation of the rest of trafficked Gambian to the Middle East country back to the Gambia.
According to the foundation, this is the first batch of returnees from Oman, a country in the Middle East where the trafficked youths, mostly girls where used for domestic work.
“Upon arrivals there, they were exposed to hard labour and some of them sexual harassment, however was not all of them. The hard labour imposed on them without enough rest cause health complications for most of them, their returned was facilitated and fully funded by the Foundation Against Trafficking and Irregular Migrations (FATIM) in collaboration with the Victim’s Families,” the foundation said.
“They came via Senegal hence the foundation is too young and was not able to facilitate their journey via The Gambia because there was no support from no one including government and the foundation has reached out to them for support but to no avail.
“We are working tirelessly for the repatriation of the remaining batch but we cannot disclose it at the moment hence we are struggling with financial constraint, therefore we are soliciting for the support of the general public to help donate the rest,” it added.