Foroyaa, This letter couldn't have been written at a better time, and the paragraph: "We hope that Gambians will not take this matter from a narrow nationalist perspective. Over the years, even foreign investors have been provided the opportunity to acquire Gambian citizenship. Gambians, with children abroad, have found it easy for their children to acquire the citizenship of European countries, the United States and others. It is amazing that Africans, who have children in other African countries, find it difficult to have those children accepted as citizens of such countries. It is time for Gambians to take a decision on this issue" is very apt. I totally concur with the sentiments expressed here. It would really help us as a people to keep politics out of many things including this one. The persecution of The Independent journalists as "aliens" has absolutely nothing to do with enforcing our immigration laws. Rather, it's a sinister ploy to clamp down on a stubborn duo who won't "tow the line." And this is really tragic considering the tremendous contribution "foreigners" from Senegal, Guinea Conakry (especially,)and Mali have made to the Gambia's little progress. Can you imagine the Gambia without these people? What the law enforcement people need to do is to concentrate on strangers who engage in criminal activities. But, otherwise, I simply fail to see how the Gambia is being helped or "protected" by the harassment of decent people who's only crime is to have been born elsewhere in West Africa. This is just another sick policy of this criminal government. Saul. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------