Italy signs new agreement with Gambia on migrants. At the centre is the issue of repatriation 2024 

In January, Italy and Gambia signed a new agreement to strengthen cooperation in 'border and migration management'. At the heart of the memorandum would be an increase in the repatriation of 'irregular' citizens resident in Italy to the West African republic: a priority for both the Viminale and the European Union, which last year announced a 'clampdown' on the Interior Ministry led by Syaka Sonko. On 29 January this year, Sonko himself met his namesake Matteo Piantedosi on the sidelines of the so-called Italy-Africa summit:
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