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THE OPERATIONS OF THE GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE
BY L.O AFFRIFAHHEAD, ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE
WORKSHOP ON “REPORTING ON MIGRATION IN WEST AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES” FOR MEDIA PERSONS.
VENUE:CENTRE FOR MIGRATION STUDIES. UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
3RD OCTOBER, 2014
FUNCTIONS
• Examination of persons leaving and entering Ghana
• Issuing of visas
• Processing and issuance of work and residence permits
• Monitoring of activities of foreign nationals in Ghana
• Investigation of breaches of Immigration laws and regulations
• Prosecution of breaches of laws and breaches
• Patrolling of the country’s borders
FUNCTIONS• Contributing to national security by collaborating
with both local and international security
• Assisting in the management of refugees
• Promoting economic development- foreign investment and tourism
UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF IMMIGRATION CONTROL
•NATIONAL SECURITY
• PUBLIC SAFEFTY
•PUBLIC HEALTH
•JOBS PROTECTION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
• The Immigration Service Act is the establishing act that set out the structure and functions of the Service.
• The Immigration Act is the operational act that sets out the details of the functions to be performed
• The Immigration Regulations detail how the functions are to be carried out
• The Citizenship Act and Citizenship Regulations
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
• Anti Human Trafficking Act, 2005, Act 954
• The Refugee Act
• Anti- Money Laundering Act,
• Foreign Exchange Act,2006, Act 723
• Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act
• Free Zone Board Act
ENTRY AND EXIT CONTROL
• This is performed at designated entry/exit points
• Examination of passports, travel documents, identity documents, visa etc
• Checking for prohibited immigrants, wanted persons by local security agencies, international criminals
• Recording and storing data on persons entering and leaving Ghana
• It operates 48 land border posts, 1 international airport, 2 seaports, 3 inland borders
GHANA’S BORDERS
•Total land mass of 239,460 sq kilometres
•Total land border stretch of 2,093 kilometres
•Bounded by:
-Togo on the east – 877 kilometres
-La Cote D’Ivoire on the west- 668 kilometres
-Burkina Faso on the north – 548 kilometres
-Bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Guinea) – 537 kilometres
• Varied vegetation of dense forests in the southern parts of the eastern and western borders and low Savanna on the northern borders.
•Some parts of the western borders lined by rivers including the black Volta and Ankobra rivers.
•Porous land borders
•Many ethnic groups sitting astride all the borders
BORDER PATROL
• The Border Patrol Unit patrols the borders
• Specially trained Para- military Unit
• Established in 2006
• Foot and vehicular patrols
• To prevent illegal crossings, smuggling and other cross border crimes
RECORDED MOVEMENTS IN AND OUT OF GHANA
ARRIVALS DEPARTURES
2009 667,275 688,820
2010 746,527 765,655
2011 609,020 637,215
2012 827,501 847,877
2013 869,603 895,802
MIGRATION CONTROL CHALLENGES
• Migrant smuggling
• Document Fraud (travel and related documents)
• Human trafficking
• Refugee management
• Foreigners in illegal mining
MIGRANT SMUGGLING
• Ghana a country of origin, transit and receiving in the migrant smuggling
• Major destinations are Europe, USA, Canada
• Smuggling by land through- Burkina Faso- Mali- Niger- Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Israel
- Burkina Faso- Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania- North Africa- Europe
• Smuggling by air by diverse routes:- Directly to Europe from the Kotoka International airport.
- Far East Asia (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan) – Dubai- Addis Ababa, Nairobi- Ghana- Europe, USA, Canada, South Africa
- Middle East (Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq)- Ghana- Europe, USA, Canada
DEPORTATION OF GHANAIANS FROM ABROAD
YEAR NUMBER REMARKS
2009 928 Increased deportations from Israel, Italy, South Africa, Canada, Spain
2010 853
2011 1127
2012 1196
2013 3080 1895 deported from Libya.Increased deportations from UK, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Turkey, Malaysia and South Africa.
2014 (1st
Quarter)1082 712 deported from Libya.
Increased deportations from Saudi Arabia
TOTAL 8258
INADMISSIBLE GHANAIANS
YEAR NUMBER
2009 960
2010 540
2011 842
2012 735
2013 676
2014(jan-march)
280
TOTAL 4033
MIGRANT SMUGGLING TO AND THROUGH GHANA
NATIONALITIES TYPES OFDOCUMENTS
AGE RANGE SEX DESTINATION
ECOWASnationalsBANGLADESHISSRI LANKANSINDIANSPAKISTANISLEBANESEPALISTINIANSIRAQISAFGHANSSYRIANS
E.U Passports
National passports with fake visas
Canadian
16 – 45 years Mostly male •Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans prefer Canada, South Africa •New pattern of Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis using Indian passports and travelling to South Africa•Middle East nationals prefer Europe mostly Germany, Sweden
HUMAN TRAFFICKINGNATIONALITY AGE RANGE DESTINATION TYPE OF
EXPLOITATION
GhanaiansECOWAS nationals mostly Nigerians, Togolese, Beninois.Malian and NigeriennechildrenChineseVietnamese
6 – 45 years •Ghana, Nigeria, La Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon.• Ghanaian girls to Lebanon, Qatar, Kuwait, North African Countries •Asian girls to Ghana•Malian and Nigeriennechildren to Ghana
•Women in prostitution•Malian and Nigeriennechildren in labour(selling)
STOW AWAYS
YEAR NUMBER • Most intercepted in La Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal and South Africa
• These are recorded figures from the international airport
2012 186
2013 165
2014(JAN-MAR) 27
TOTAL 378
WORK AND RESIDENCE PERMIT ADMINISTRATION
• The Service ensures that non Ghanaians comply with work and residence permit requirements
• Work permit and quota requirements set out in the Immigration Act, GIPC Act, Free Zone Board Act and Acts of the Minerals and Petroleum Commissions
• Major considerations are protection of jobs for Ghanaians, importation of unavailable specialized skills, size of investment, critical area of the economy
• Students, visitors, persons in transit, prohibited immigrants, tourists may not be issued with work permits
• Residence issued to principals who are investors, employees who have obtained the relevant work permits and immigrant quotas, their dependents, students, diplomats etc
PERSONS ARRESTED FOR IMMIGRATION OFFENCES (2013)
NATIONALITY NUMBER OFFENCES REMARKS
GHANAIANS 65 •Illegal stay•Illegal employment•Possession of forged travel documents• Possession of forged immigration permits•Illegal mining
• Many Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis being smuggled to Europe, North America etc•Many Guineans arrested for engaging in illegal small scale mining•884 Chinese arrested and deported for engaging in illegal small scale mining and possession of forged immigration permits.
ECOWAS 265
OTHERS 951
TOTAL 1281
GIS AND NATIONAL SECURITY
• The Service patrols the country’s borders and prevents illegal entries and breaches
• The Service feeds into the National anti terrorism strategy
• It provides information on drug traffickers to the Narcotics Control Board and collaborates in apprehension of drug traffickers
• The Service assists in combatting money laundering by collaborating with Financial Intelligence Centre and enforcing the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Act that.
• The Service collaborates with the Police and other agencies in apprehension of wanted persons/criminals attempting to flee from or entering
GIS AND EPIDEMIC CONTROL
SECTION 8 OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT
PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT
(1) A Person other than a citizen of Ghana is a prohibited immigrant for the purposes of this Act if that person:
(c) refuses to submit to a medical examination after being required to do so by a health officer
(e) has been certified by a health officer to be medically unfit to enter Ghana
• GIS cooperates with health authorities to monitor travellers at entry points
• Power to refuse entry to prohibited persons
• Monitors international events and provides intelligence
•THANK YOU!