Exporting Unemployment: Why The Gambia-Spain Circular Migration Agreement Fails Our Youth – The Standard Newspaper

Exporting Unemployment: Why The Gambia-Spain Circular Migration Agreement Fails Our Youth – The Standard Newspaper

The outgoing minister of trade, Baboucarr Ismaila Joof appeared agitated as he held a press conference Friday morning to respond to the absconding of 33 workers who refused to return from Spain. The minister and his officials could be heard frantically trying to rationalise and justify the Gambia-Spain circular migration as an opportunity and a step forward in addressing the country’s unemployment crisis. Closely listening to them, one wonders h…

Trade Ministry Issues Stern Warning Over Absconded Gambian Migrant Workers in Spain

By: Rohey Samba The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration, and Employment (MoTIE) has expressed serious concern over the disappearance of 33 Gambian circular migrant workers in Spain, warning that their actions could jeopardize future labour mobility agreements. Speaking at a press conference held on Friday, 12th September 2025, Minister Babucarr Ousmaila Joof updated the public on the troubling development, revealing that the abscon…