GIS receives 40 Ghanaian deportees from the United States



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General News of Monday, August 19, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-08-19

EDITH ARHIN2Edith Penelope Arhin, GIS Regional Commander for KIA

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has received 40 Ghanaian expellees from the United States of America.

In a statement issued by Deputy Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI), Barbara Sam, Public Relations Officer at Kotoka International Airport, on Monday, August 19, 2019, the GIS said the deportees had between 21 and 70 years old and that they composed of 38 men and two women.

They were reportedly deported for various offenses, including trafficking in prohibited substances, badaults, vehicle theft, burglary, fraud, domestic violence and immigration issues.

They arrived on board a chartered flight from the United States, Boeing 777 – OAE 328 from Omni Air International.

According to the statement, 38 of them arrived with a travel certificate issued by the Ghana Mission to Washington, while two of them had Ghanaian pbadports.

Regional distribution.

The deportees are from different parts of Ghana: 16 from Greater Accra, 10 from Ashanti, two from Bono, two from the West, two from Central, three from East and three from Volta. .

They were admitted to Ghana after completing the necessary landing formalities, including screening to authenticate their nationalities.

The statement said representatives of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and other security agencies, including the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), had transported the expelled to their respective destinations.

Deported from Saudi Arabia

In a similar development, the statement said that 12 Ghanaian women were also expelled from Saudi Arabia for illegal residence.

Their ages range from 20 to 30 years and they arrived aboard Ethiopian Airline with travel certificates.

Most of them are first and second cycle graduates and worked as domestic helpers, tradesmen and fuel maintenance workers.

During various interviews with the GIS, some of them said that they were overworked and that their salaries were withheld by their employers and that they were not properly fed and abused.

Since then, they have been handed over to the Bureau of National Investigations for further action.

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