Document #1007096
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Please find attached the following
documents on the treatment of asylum seekers who returned to
Ghana:
"Ghana Presents Citizens Detained for
Attempt to "Embarrass the Government"", Accra Home Service
[Accra, in English], 24 February 1987 at 2000GMT, reported by the
British Broadcasting Corporation, Summary of World Broadcasts, 27
February 1987, ME/8503/B/1.
"Warning About False Evidence to Help
Ghanaians Seeking Asylum Abroad", Accra Home Service, 30 May
1984 at 1300GMT, reported by the BBC-SWB, 2 June 1984,
ME/7659/B/1.
For a complement of information, please
find attached a few documents on the return of Ghanaian refugees
returned from Nigeria:
Clarity, James F.
"Ghana Refugees May Reach 2 Million",
The New York Times, 3 February 1983, p.A1.
"Ghanaian Reports on the Refugees Returning
From Nigeria", Accra Home Service, 5 February 1983 at 0700
and 1100GMT, reported by the BBC-SWB, 7 February 1983,
ME/7251/B/7.
"The Return of Refugees to Ghana", Accra
Radio, 9 February 1983, reported by the BBC-SWB, 10 February
1983, ME/7254/ii.
"Ghanaian Leader's Injunction to Refugees",
Accra Radio,
9 February 1983, reported by the BBC-SWB, 11 February 1983,
ME/7255/ii.
"Ghana's Measures to Deal with the Refugee
Problem", Accra Home Service, 7 February 1987 at 1800 and
2000GMT, reported by the BBC-SWB, 9 February 1987, ME/7253/B/1.