IMMIGRATION
SENEGAL: Thione Niang: I no longer feel safe!
Thione Niang no longer feels safe in her country of origin, Senegal. The young prodigy has decided in recent years to return to Senegal and invest there in favor of jobs. This young African lover who is an immigrant like no other, was formerly responsible for the young democrats in the United States for former President Barack Obama.
Aware of the need and the urgency to be part of the children of the country who must do something for their country, he has no hesitation for a single moment to do what is called in English “Giving back”. However, for the past few days, he has been going through a difficult period. Intimidation, harassment by the police, threats inside his house but also in his cultural or hotel structures which he set up to give work to young people.
Indeed, through a video, it is a known fact of the harassment object of the part of the police of Bargny, a locality about thirty kilometers from Dakar.
This problem raises the question not only of security, but of the possibility for Senegalese immigrants who wish to return to the country to invest there. They are perpetually confronted either with a hostile family, a hostile society, a hostile administration or in the face of State apparatuses which put the brakes on this thoughtful choice of the rare immigrants who have courage and determination, who participate in development economic of their pay.
In the worst case, either the money sent to set up a business is managed by his own family, by his own friends or by a greedy administration and I don’t care.
Immigrants like Thione Niang, intimidated, discouraged, the project aborted by poor management of trusted people who ultimately abuse this trust, are numerous, very numerous. This Thione case is one of many.
The Senegalese state must be able to ensure the security of its immigrants, these sons of the country who did not choose the facility. These immigrants who have abandoned their comfort in Europe for the love of their country to invest in their country of origin, to support unemployed youth to participate in the eradication of unemployment.
This exit of Thione Niang recalls the violent attack with the machete of the American Mouhamadou Niass in Kaolack, he too had abandoned everything in the USA for Senegal. It cost him his life. Our condolences to his saddened family.
Here is the full video:
The National Navy has boarded Thursday, August 24, 2024 a dugout canoe of clandestines off the coast of Saint-Louisiennes. The canoe had 97 migrants on board, including 83 Senegalese (three women and two minors). The other 14 are foreigners (12 Gambians and 02 Malians), reports the newspaper Les Échos.
According to the information of the newspaper, they were sent by the navy Thursday, aboard the patrol at sea «le Fouladou» to the Arsenal of the National Navy at the Autonomous Port of Dakar. Upon landing, they were received by the commander of the naval base of the French Navy.
It should be noted that «as soon as the navy announced the interception of this canoe, the prosecutor of the Republic opened an investigation to know the ins and outs. The investigation is entrusted to the National Directorate for Combating Smuggling of Migrants (DNLT) of the Directorate of Air and Border Police,” the newspaper added
“When asked at the outset where they were embarking, they replied that the canoe left on 21 August in Kayar. They were intercepted 250 km off the coast of Saint-Louis by the French Navy on the night of August 21 to 22,” our colleagues explain
Sixty-six (66) people arrived during the day of Thursday, August 03, 2023 in Tenerife aboard two canoes. In one of them there were 14 people and in the other 52.
Several of the migrants were transferred to health centres with various health situations, a journalist told the news. The majority of its young people are Senegalese.
As a reminder, in Africa, migrant smuggling brings 59 billion CFA francs to smugglers per year. Illicit financial flows (FFI) from the smuggling of migrants from West Africa to Europe are estimated at more than $100 million per year, 59,250,000,000 CFA francs, according to a report published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on Friday, July 28, 2023.
“Moderate estimates of human smuggling from West Africa to Europe alone exceed $100 million,” the study, “Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling: Trends and responses in West Africa,” said.
“In 2020, migration data showed an increase in migrant crossings from Senegal to the Canary Islands by about 1,000% compared to the 2011-2019 period,” the report notes.
With regard to Senegal, the seaway is the most popular with smugglers, the authors of the report stress. “Smugglers are using the maritime routes from Senegal to the Spanish Canary Islands as a gateway to Europe because of increasing restrictions on the Mediterranean route,” says the document.
According to the authors of this report, coastal towns like Saint Louis and Mbour are the main departure points for the Canary Islands ‘of irregular migrants [who] also leave certain fishing villages, such as Joal, Thiaroye and Soumbedioune.”
They also note the presence of candid
Illicit financial flows (FFI) from migrant smuggling from West Africa to Europe are estimated at more than $100 million per year, or 59,250,000,000 CFA francs, according to a report published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), this Friday, July 28, 2023.
“Moderate estimates of human smuggling from West Africa to Europe alone exceed $100 million,” the study, “Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling: Trends and responses in West Africa,” said.
“In 2020, migration data showed an increase in migrant crossings from Senegal to the Canary Islands by about 1,000% compared to the 2011-2019 period,” the report notes.
With regard to Senegal, the seaway is the most popular with smugglers, the authors of the report stress. “Smugglers are using the maritime routes from Senegal to the Spanish Canary Islands as a gateway to Europe because of increasing restrictions on the Mediterranean route,” says the document.
According to the authors of this report, coastal towns like Saint Louis and Mbour are the main departure points for the Canary Islands ‘of irregular migrants [who] also leave certain fishing villages, such as Joal, Thiaroye and Soumbedioune.”
They also note the presence of candidates for irregular migration from other West African countries, to whom smugglers “generally require full payment in advance (…) between $400 and $600.”
However, the report says, “in 2023, the use of maritime routes appears to have decreased, suggesting that COVID-19 restrictions on land borders played a role in the increased use of maritime routes between 2020 and 2022.”
On a global scale, migrant smuggling brings smugglers more than 10 billion dollars per year, or 5 925 000 000 000 CFA francs, according to estimates by the rappor
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