Offering people new opportunities

Representatives of the Gambian and German ministries and agencies, United Nations entities, the International Trade Centre (ITC), GIZ and other key stakeholders attended the opening ceremony."We are working worldwide to reduce the causes of flight in the short, medium and long term and to create prospects for people. We see migration and return as a social and economic challenge for individuals and their countries of origin," said Johannes Behrens, Deputy Head of the BMZ's "Return, Reintegration" division.

The aim is to give returnees new opportunities. The countries of origin also benefit from this, he said.

Fabba Jammeh, Director of Employment at MOTIE, was also pleased with the official opening of the centre. His hope: If people realise what opportunities they have in The Gambia, they will not leave their country in the first place, especially through irregular pathways.