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Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has urged member countries of the European Union (EU) not to consider Ghanaian migrants as criminals.
The Committee stated that the country's migrants were economic migrants who wanted decent work in order to raise funds to support their families in their country of origin.
Mr. Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong, Vice-Chairperson of the Committee, and Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member-in-Charge of the Committee, made this call separately at a meeting with a delegation of 20 members of the Working Group. Africa on the European Union (EU). ) Council in Accra last monday.
The EU delegation, led by the head of the EU Delegation to Ghana, Ambbadador Diana Acconcia, invited the committee to consider ways to strengthen EU-Ghana relations.
The migration of Africans to Europe, some by dangerous means, has become a hot topic in Europe recently, with some European political leaders refusing to accept migrants in their respective countries.
Low risk
Sarpong said Ghanaian migrants had no criminal intent and their concern was to look for greener pastures in Europe.
Mr Ablakwa added that migrants are not dangerous people who could harm their guests. He said tagging migrants would put their lives at risk, and called for dialogue around the problem.
Ghana-EU relations
Acting on EU-Ghana relations, Mr Sarpong said that, as part of the Cotonou Agreement between Africa and the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), Ghana and the United States, The EU shared a broad joint agenda to promote regional economic integration, peace and security, democracy, good governance and law.
They also defend the rule of law and human rights and address other global challenges such as migration, human trafficking and climate change.
Mr Sarpong congratulated the EU for providing development badistance to Ghana over the years, in particular its annual budget support.
The EU remains Ghana's main development partner and this partnership support has had a positive impact on the lives of Ghanaians.
"In the last two years alone, the EU has provided Ghana with more than 400 million euros in development badistance in areas such as institutional development and accountability, capacity building. , education and training, the creation of sustainable jobs, decentralization and the fight against corruption. "he said.
Delegation of the EU
In her remarks, Ambbadador Acconcia reaffirmed the EU's commitment to the implementation of the International Organization for Migration and the Cotonou Agreement.
She said that the EU and Ghana are making progress in the area of migration while moving towards a common agenda.
Ms Acconcia said that it was possible to develop a transactional plan on migration, which would focus on job creation and border controls.
Contributing, a permanent representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the EU, Mr. Johannes Runoff, called for a collaborative effort to tackle the root causes of migration.
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