The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson has expressed shock that Ghana has granted the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees brought into the country about two years ago refugee status.
Speaking to journalists in Tamale, he disclosed that the US government was responsible for their upkeep for only two years which ended on January 6, 2018, saying what is now left is between the government of Ghana and the two.
“I did not know until this week that they have been granted a refugee status. That came as a much of a surprise to me as all of you. However that decision just gives them certain rights and if the government Ghana wishes to relocate them to a third country, they need to discuss that with the two refugees under the international law. We have no role in that and no objection to it. At this point we consider it as a matter between the government of Ghana and the two”, he said.
According to him, even though they were giving then stipends the US government had no idea they had been given refugee status indicating that the government did a thorough screening to be certain they were not terrorists.
The two Guantanamo Bay detainees Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby have been in Ghana for the last two years because of their refugee status.
The two Yemenis were resettled in Ghana in January 2016 following an agreement between the John Mahama government and the Barack Obama led-U.S. administration.
There have been calls for the two to be repatriated but Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey disclosed that government will, bring the agreement of their stay before parliament for ratification.
Source: mynewsgh.com
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@ NPP is funny people is just like other NDC men and womwn. They do not read or if they read they do not understand. The need FREE SHS. The lawyers explain to you what NPP did. John Ford ebven did not understand what the US was bringing and only fixed his eyes on the cash that came with it. Otherwise, how can any serious and wise President do this to his people!
Was this ambassador not the same person who said they have not paid electricity bill close to a year which turns out to be false. The million question is who legalize the so called refugee status. Who took it to parliament to rectify the agreement to make it legal. These government is more than the word uselessssssssss. The supreme court ruled that the whole agreement was illegal and you ignore supreme court, went to parliament and legalize and illegality and now blaming the previous administration for what. Uselesssssss government.
Where are the NDC ***barred word***...They talk from their smelly mouths like shiitholes.They don't even read so I am sure they won't read this either.
The greedy and corrupt John Ford Dramani Mahama accepts everything because he is very greedy.. accepted ford bribe from Kanazoe, accepted terrorists from the US in exchange for cash.... Mahama is a disgrace... and he want to rule this country again? Tafiakwaa.. God forbid.....
I think the insatiable appetite for money on the part of the old administration led to the acceptance of the Gitmo2.Yet they are not ashamed of what they did and have the balls to talk about it as if nothing went wrong with deal.Now for their continuous stay who bears the cost?
Why did you put this problem unto Ghananians through our CORRUPT Former President. Was it the case that he was soooo CORRUPT that he fell to anything you gave? Oh, Ghana! You needed a Sh...hole country to dump your problems and you identified this ***barred word***?
How can a President do something like this? Mahama is too wicked and greedy. All of Mahama Administration are corupt and greedy.
Mahama paaa, this is incompetence internationalised.
Mahama,one ffoooôlish ex president who is wicked and greedy than Satan himself...he is forver cursed for bringing these people into this country.Mahama,you will never rule this country again in your life...incompetent heartléss mammal.
Eh! john dramani mahama