Equatorial Guinea expels 53 Cameroonians from its soil

They were deprived of all their goods before being sent back to the country on May 8, 2016.

On May 8, 25 women and 28 men expelled from Equatorial Guinea berthed the shores of the Campo Beach, border town with the country of Theodoro Mbasogo. In the columns of the national daily newspaper Cameroon Tribune edition of 10 May 2016, we learn that the 53 Cameroonians returned free of all their goods.

A situation that caused the wailing of Anne Matip, and whom the Rapid Intervention Battalion elements (BIR) did everything to comfort her. “I went out to go buy a drug for my little son. My explanations were unsuccessful. They threw me into the truck showing me that I no longer have the right to live on the Guinean soil, “she says.

Yet this woman of 60-year-old who lives in Equatorial Guinea, for already 38 years, claims to have all official documents that give her the right to live there. Like her, many of the 53 Cameroonians say they are in good standing and should not be included in the deportation.

“They all tell much the same story. In their stories, we accept that they were arrested in one way or another by the forces of order of Equatorial Guinea in relation to the local population, “informs the newspaper.

To believe the story of some of these people, we learn that those who were arrested in Malabo and held in custody in a cell in March, the custody lasted one week. Still, officials said, the problem with this kind of expulsion is the identification. Because by the time they arrive in Cameroon, no one has any piece of identification on him.

“Our Equatorial Guinean neighbors expel everyone here in Cameroon. Yet not all are Cameroonians, “said Antoine Bisaga, the S.D.O of the Ocean division. In this present case, the Cameroonian forces of order had to use “techniques” to identify the 53 Cameroonians and discover other African nationalities.