Document #1263617
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on the above-mentioned subject
is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa. However, according
to an official at the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Mormon
church was banned in Ghana in 1989 due to misunderstandings created
by persons who did not want the church established in Ghana (23
Aug. 1994).
The official stated that although foreign
missionaries of the Mormon church were deported, none was jailed in
Ghana (ibid.). The official was unaware of local church officials
or members being arrested and jailed for their religious
orientation. Less than a year after implementation of the ban the
church was once again allowed to operate in Ghana (ibid.). As of
June 1994 the church had 116 missionaries in Ghana, including
missionaries from Ghana, neighbouring countries and the United
States (ibid.). The headquarters of the church in Ghana is located
in Accra and the president is Christophe Nwobu Chukwurah. Foreign
missionaries have not been banned from entering Ghana since the
lifting of the ban in 1990 (ibid.). The DIRB is unable to
corroborate the above information at the present time.
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
World Headquarters of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), Salt Lake City, Utah.
23 August 1994. Telephone interview with official.
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