The 25 youths from all the regions of the Gambia yesterday briefed on the phenomenon of the smuggling of Migrants held at the Bwiam lodge, West Coast Region Wednesday 5th July, 2017.
In his presentation, Chief Inspector Immigration Jawara Cham stressed that, article 6 of the protocol against the Smuggling of migrants by sea, land and air requires states to criminalize, the producing, procuring, providing or possessing fraudulent travel or identification documents for the purpose of enabling migrant smuggling.
According to Article 3 of the protocol ‘UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime stress that any form of procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other materials benefits, of the illegal entry of a person into a state. Therefore Article 6 advocates for the criminalized of the above claim.
Some international laws cannot be applied in The Gambia because it need to be signed, ratified and domesticated before it can be applied in its domestic courts he noted.
Mr. Cham pointed out that, there are three main elements of migrant smuggling which includes the procurement of an illegal entry or illegal residence of a person, into or in a country of which that person is not a national or permanent resident; and For the purpose of financial or other material benefit
He explained that, tackling Smuggling may be easy if the recommended criteria are put on consideration to identify smugglers as they will be well dressed, extensive travel experienced, ability to speak many language, better economic status, appearance on their dress code and can be either male or female while smuggled migration may be recognized by their age ranging from 18-35, nationality, may be hungry, no ticket or itinerary, document produce, little luggage and sometimes wear scanty cloths.
Inspector added the burden that government or institutions face is a result of two categories which are high level corruption that involves visa issuing authorities and immigration directors to facilitate smuggling process. The low level actors he went on, involves immigration personnel, airport staff and airlines staff stamping documents without closely inspecting it as a result of fraudulent documents.
He explained that, following researched, smugglers often use their valuable assets such as lands, vehicles, sexual services throughout the journey, or migrants carrying drugs as mode of payment in smuggling migrant.
Jawara Cham concluded that, the transnational and sophisticated nature of its crime indicates the need for a cooperative comprehensive knowledge and international response to counter it.
BY: Biram S Jobe BB
Bwiam , WCR
In his presentation, Chief Inspector Immigration Jawara Cham stressed that, article 6 of the protocol against the Smuggling of migrants by sea, land and air requires states to criminalize, the producing, procuring, providing or possessing fraudulent travel or identification documents for the purpose of enabling migrant smuggling.
According to Article 3 of the protocol ‘UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime stress that any form of procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other materials benefits, of the illegal entry of a person into a state. Therefore Article 6 advocates for the criminalized of the above claim.
Some international laws cannot be applied in The Gambia because it need to be signed, ratified and domesticated before it can be applied in its domestic courts he noted.
Mr. Cham pointed out that, there are three main elements of migrant smuggling which includes the procurement of an illegal entry or illegal residence of a person, into or in a country of which that person is not a national or permanent resident; and For the purpose of financial or other material benefit
He explained that, tackling Smuggling may be easy if the recommended criteria are put on consideration to identify smugglers as they will be well dressed, extensive travel experienced, ability to speak many language, better economic status, appearance on their dress code and can be either male or female while smuggled migration may be recognized by their age ranging from 18-35, nationality, may be hungry, no ticket or itinerary, document produce, little luggage and sometimes wear scanty cloths.
Inspector added the burden that government or institutions face is a result of two categories which are high level corruption that involves visa issuing authorities and immigration directors to facilitate smuggling process. The low level actors he went on, involves immigration personnel, airport staff and airlines staff stamping documents without closely inspecting it as a result of fraudulent documents.
He explained that, following researched, smugglers often use their valuable assets such as lands, vehicles, sexual services throughout the journey, or migrants carrying drugs as mode of payment in smuggling migrant.
Jawara Cham concluded that, the transnational and sophisticated nature of its crime indicates the need for a cooperative comprehensive knowledge and international response to counter it.
BY: Biram S Jobe BB
Bwiam , WCR