11,000 Liberian refugees in Ghana to lose status

  1. Posted on Friday 16 December 2011 - 11:40
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    Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana
    Liberian refugees living in the Bububuram refugee camp in the Central region of Ghana will lose their status as refugees by June 2012. The decision which is being implemented by the international community will cut aid supplies to the refugees. According to a Programs Coordinator for the Ghana Refugee Board, Tetteh Padi, the refugees will be forced to integrate if the deadline elapses.
    Liberian women refugees sit for their rights in Budumburam, Ghana - Photo made by Nana Kofi Acquah.jpg
    “The international community has come together, and this includes the Liberian government, and they have agreed that the conditions back in Liberia are good enough, safe enough for those who fled the war,” Tetteh Padi told Joy News.

    He said the refugees have the option to regularize their stay in the country with the Immigration Service.

    The first 95 Liberian refugees arrived in Ghana in 1990 but the number swelled up to 42,000 in 2004 according to a report by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNCHR).

    However, according to the report, some of the refugees returned to Liberia when the civil war subsided in 2005 and there was a subsequent voluntary repatriation by UNCHR in 2008. During that exercise, over 1000 Liberian refugees left the shores of Ghana for home while others refused to be repatriated insisting on being repatriated to the United States of America instead.

    With over 11,000 Liberian refugees living in the West African country currently, the only option left for them is to regularize their stay in the country with that country’s immigration service or voluntarily repatriate to their country because of the stable political situation there now.

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  1. Posted on Friday 16 December 2011 21:55
    Russell Earl Willis
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    1 Peter 2:13, 14 ( NKJV ) read as follows:
    "Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good."
    If the Liberian refugees want to stay in Ghana, then they will have to submit to the requirements of the Immigration Service and regularize their stay there.

    Sincerely in Christ,
    Russell E. Willis
    P.S. - Please read Proverbs 23:23.
  2. Posted on Tuesday 03 April 2012 09:02
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    The Liberian refugees were staying in Ghana since long so they are attached to the place and they should take necessary official steps to extend their rights of staying in Ghana.
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  3. Posted on Friday 06 April 2012 08:41
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    11k immigrants is a huge amount. We should solve this kind of problems. Maybe a new set of laws can help. charter turkey
  4. Posted on Monday 16 April 2012 20:39
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    I am not sure what to think about this at all. The refugees definitely need this status. Unsure what they are thinking here at all. I hope to see this change. Small claims Court Ontario
  5. Posted on Thursday 26 April 2012 04:42
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    excellent post, very informative. I wonder why the other experts of this sector do not notice this. You must continue your writing. I am confident, you have a great readers' base already! garden umbrella
  6. Posted on Thursday 10 May 2012 10:51
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    During that execute out, over 1000 Liberian refugees departed the shoreline of Ghana for house while others declined to be local seo services repatriated strenuous on being repatriated to the Combined States of The united states of the united states instead.
  7. Posted on Friday 11 May 2012 07:56
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    the only choice departed for them is to regularize mothers Day text messages their remain in the nation with that nation's immigration law service or willingly good night messages repatriate to their nation because of the constant governmental scenario there now.

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