The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is said to have deported 100 illegal
African immigrants for engaging in fraudulent activities in the country.
This represents a sharp increase in the number of illegal migrants, who have been deported from Ghana in the past two years.
Head of Public Affairs of GIS, Superintendent Michael Amoako-Atta, who disclosed this, stated that his outfit, over the past three months, had embarked on swoops in some parts of Accra based on intelligence to arrest illegal migrants domiciled in Ghana.
Supt. Amoako-Atta, who spoke to the press, noted that 20 illegal immigrants were deported from the country in 2016 while 58 others were also deported last year.
This represents a sharp increase in the number of illegal migrants, who have been deported from Ghana in the past two years.
Head of Public Affairs of GIS, Superintendent Michael Amoako-Atta, who disclosed this, stated that his outfit, over the past three months, had embarked on swoops in some parts of Accra based on intelligence to arrest illegal migrants domiciled in Ghana.
Supt. Amoako-Atta, who spoke to the press, noted that 20 illegal immigrants were deported from the country in 2016 while 58 others were also deported last year.
The deportation of the 100 immigrants comes at a time when there is
public outcry about the upsurge in criminal activities in the country.
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