A total of 122 ECOWAS nationals were arrested in the Upper West Region in April this year, officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has said.
The foreigners, according to the GIS, have since been repatriated. They were intercepted at various border posts, especially at Babile in the Lawra Municipality.
Ghana has tightened border restrictions after the country recorded the deadly Coronavirus in March. The border closure has been extended to the end of May following a surge of the virus.
Public Affairs Director of the Upper West Region sect of the Ghana Immigration Service told Dailymailgh.com that security has been beefed up across border towns to ward off such migrants.
“Within our operational duty or function, we are responsible to fish out people who enter the country without documents. In April, for instance, we rounded up 122 foreigners and all of them were screened and have since been repatriated”, said ICO Ibn Yussif Duranah Abdul-Mumin Seidu, the Public Affairs Director of the Upper West Immigration Service.
Meanwhile, five persons believed to be Burkina Faso nationals had been arrested by the service at the time of filing this report.
They were picked up on Wednesday, May 12 while using an unapproved route near their native country, Burkina Faso.
The all-male ECOWAS nationals whose ages ranged between 15 and 34 were intercepted on two motorbikes with Burkina Faso registration numbers.
“Our investigations revealed that they were destined for Kumasi and Techiman for farming and trading activities,” said the Public Affairs Director in an interview with Dailymailgh.com.
They have since been screened by the Port health personnel and have been handed over Burkina Faso authorities on the other side of the border at about 1630hrs local time.
Source: Daily Mail
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They are ndc coronavirus campaign message items. Thank you so much GUS fir arresting and repatriating them and please make sure they never return to Ghana again. They were imported by the devil's agents in Ghana ndc to do their bidding the war they calling against the new register if not which parent will leave his/her 15 year old to go to another country on their own? They've been hired as child soldiers by the ndc to cause harm in Ghana according to Boakye Djan civil war drum. John mahama want power by ho**ok or croo**k but he will never get it. He can bring US military to fight for him for power he will still lose. Where is Charles Taylor , Mahama? Where is Johnson? where is Gbagbo? Try anything ***barred word*** as a warlord in Ghana and even women will fight you for their country! Ghanaians didnt vote for you to rule them but Prof. Mills choose you to help him build his country which you failed miserably and Ghanaians voted overwhelmingly to send you away whats your problem? You can't force Ghanaians to bring you back ooooo toooon! Your civil war will fail and ndc will die like Charles Taylor's party, Johnson's party and Gbagbo's party! Ndc is not your property if the founder JJ Rawlings couldnt use it to go to war with Ghana what the hell do you people think you have the right to use it? Form your own party and bring it to face Ghana for that your power you love so much ! Those hired mercenaries can't conquar Ghana for the ndc.