Gambian women
national team keeper, Fatim Jawara-Jawara has died in a boat accident on
the Mediterranean en route to Europe
last weekend.
Jawara was one
of the many African migrants taking the dangerous route to Europe from Libya
with the hopes of reaching Lampedusa, south of Italy. The Gambia Football
Federation in a release confirmed the death of the player with regrets, after
the agent the player paid to facilitate her departure from Libya contacted the
GFF.
Jawara was
part of the Gambian team that made history, putting the country’s name on the
map in the women’s U-17 World Cup in Azerbaijan in 2012.
She played for first
division champions, Red Scorpions and starred in Gambia’s thrashing of a
visiting Scottish female side Glasgow Girls FC months ago. Up to 3,740 migrants
have either been confirmed dead or missing in efforts to cross to Europe by
boat in October 2016, according to the United Nations refugee Agency.
“I
received the news today (yesterday) and it has really shocked me. The young
girl is a talent and on the move for greener pastures but the way she died is
just shocking and sympathetic. We at the GFF are very sad about the development
and on behalf of the Football Federation, I want to send our condolences to the
family of the girl and her former club Red Scorpions” Gambia football boss,
Lamin Kaba Bajo said.Vanguard
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