TWENTY-two Ghanaians have been deported from Germany and the United Kingdom (UK), for various immigration-related offences, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has said.
Of the number, 17, all males, aged between 21 and 60 years, were repatriated from Germany while the remaining, aged between 26 and 60, were sent back home from UK.
A statement signed by the Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI) Barbara Sam, Public Affairs Officer, Kotoka International Airport (KIA) GIS Regional Command, said the deportees, who were repatriated for overstaying their permit and illegal stay, arrived in Accra, on Thursday.
In the case of Germany, it said the deportees who had stayed in the country for three to 10 years included 10 from Ashanti Region; five from Greater Accra, and one each from Bono and the Northern Regions, according to the statement.
It said they were escorted by 67 police personnel, including paramedics, adding that the deportee were in possession with 15 travel certificates, issued by the Ghana Embassy in Germany, and the others were in possession of Ghanaian passports.
It said one of them, a university graduate, who had lived in Germany since 2016, told the GIS that he was not bitter about the action, as he was given three months visitor permit, but he overstayed.
“He said he feels disappointed in himself for wasting all these years and has not done anything meaningful with his life”, the statement said.
On the UK case, it said the five deportees had 63 escorts including two paramedics adding that three of them had UK overstay certificates and two had Ghanaian passports.
The statement said concerning the UK case, the deportees lived in the country between five months and 10 years, working and schooling.
All 22 deportees, it said went through the necessary arrival procedures, including screening to authenticate their nationalities and counselling before transported to their various destinations.
KIA Regional Commander of GIS, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration (ACI) Edith Penelope Arhin, advised prospective
BY TIMES REPORTER
