22 Ghanaians To Be Deported From The US- Foreign Affairs Minister Confirms

Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has revealed that, 22 ghanaians are on the list of persons to be deported back into the country by the United States (US) government.

Madam Botchway said the Ghanaians to be deported are persons who broke the immigration laws of the United States.

The Minister was on the floor of parliament to answer some questions of which when she was asked about the supposed deportation of 7000 persons from the US, she replied saying  that, she had not receive such notice from the US government.

However, she could confirm that 22 ghanaians are to be deported back to Ghana by the US government as they are being prepared for the exercise.

“The number of 7,000 and at some point of 3,000 was going around but unfortunately on several occasions, our request for the list of these Ghanaians we are told have flouted the immigration laws of the US have not been provided to us,” the Foreign Affairs Minister revealed.

She further disclosed that, “At one point we were given a list of about 100 people and that was it. People who were being processed of the removal process, since then nothing has been given to us. As we speak now, [it’s] 22 persons who are in the process of being removed.”

Source: GHANAFEED.COM