Following
the introduction of a new system for assessing highly skilled migrants wishing
to go and work in the UK, an act considered by many as high-handed and smacks
of a backlash on Africans, one Morro Sankareh, a Gambian based in the UK has
called on all Gambians and Africans in the Diaspora to return back home and
work for the development of the African continent.
"After four hundred years of colonialism, they robbed us of our belongings, took our ancestors to work for them to make Europe what it is now and today they have nothing to pay us than to treat us like slaves in their countries", explained Mr. Sankareh, who walked in to our offices yesterday afternoon.
According to Mr. Sankareh, having stayed for many years in Europe especially the UK, most Gambians and even Africans have no respect from the European system after working and contributing to the European society for long period.
Europe, which most African have for years looked forward to as the only solution has over the years registered an influx of Africans most of whom attribute their extreme decision to the inability of their respective countries to, provide jobs, or when they could, the remuneration is not comparable to those in Europe.
"That is not the case, as Africans and Gambians for that matter, we should stay in our country and work for the socio-economic development of our country. Yes people say that there is nothing in Africa but if we all come together as one, then Africa will be where Europe is today", he added.
As
explained by Mr. Sankareh, life is so terrible in
He added,
"Every now and then, they talk about democracy but all that is happening in
For Mr. Sankareh, Africans should not look at what their respective countries have done for them but they should look at what they have done towards the development of their countries and the continent in general.
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