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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has organised a community-based sensitisation programme to widen awareness on irregular migration and its consequences. The programme was in partnership with the Migration Information Centre (MIC) of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS). It was undertaken in communities within Tamale, Savelugu and Tolon Districts where…
Mrs Ama Serwaah Nerquaye-Tetteh, Secretary General, Ghana Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has urged media practitioners to raise awareness on risks of irregular migration to deter the youth from engaging in such voyages. She said there was too much misinformation on migration that was luring…
The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), University of Ghana, has trained more than 60 security officers in migration management and migrants’ rights. The workshop is to enhance capacity of the personnel to manage migration and provide a platform to discuss the role of security officials in the protection of migrants'…
Mrs Judith Dzokoto-Lomoh, the former Deputy Controller-General, Ghana Immigration Service, has called on the authorities to implement the National Policy on Migration to guide the management of the country’s internal, intra-regional and international migration flows. She expressed concern over delays in implementing the policy after it was launched in 2016,…
Due to the 44-day war, most of the population of Artsakh was forced to leave their homeland, settling in the settlements of Artsakh, which are under our control. One of these families is the Astoyan family. They have been displaced from the Jivani community of Artsakh’s Martuni region. Today, the family lives in the basement of one of the residential buildings in Stepanakert.