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Govt seeks proper treatment of deported Ghanaians
May 11, 2021 Mr Agyemang-Prempeh (middle) with other dignitaries during the event Photo Victor A. Buxton
The government has initiated engagements with various countries as part of efforts to ensure that Ghanaian migrants are treated with dignity and respect during their repatriation.
This follows persistent reports of inhumane treatment meted out to both regular and irregular Ghanaian migrants when they were either forcefully or willingly deported for various reasons.
The Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Eric Nana AgyemanPrempeh, who disclosedthese on the sidelines of a workshop in Accra yesterday, said although the government did not endorse irregular migration, Ghanaian citizens were to be handled with respect.
There have never been more migrants in the world than today - Florian Braendli
The migration of persons from one country to another has been very prevalent in 2020.
With the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus, several migrants have been badly hit with issues of shelter, access to health care among a list of challenges.
“Never has there been more migrants in the world than. one out of 7 people in the world are actually migrants. We have way more 1 billion migrants in the world but not all of them are outside their country. Many of them are migrating within their country which is also the case in Ghana,” said Florian Braendli.
People see migrants as intruders - Florian Braendli bemoans
Over the years, people could freely move from one country to the other for either business, vacation or to search for greener pastures.
With the advent of modernisation and technology, many people have fine-tuned their minds and are careful who they associate themselves with.
This has become a worry as migrants are mostly seen as pests in the country they visit.
A major concern raised by the Projects Manager of GIZ-IOM, Florian Braendli.
According to him, migrants are seen as intruders in most instances and are to sometimes ill-treated. One more negative aspect is that people turn to see migrants as intruders which wasn’t the case before, he said at a press conference Friday, December 19 in Accra.