Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that Ghana’s embassies are prepared to assist Ghanaians there he has urged Ghanaians living abroad to get closer to their embassies for assistance.
His comments in reaction to President Donald Trump’s decision to make deportation of undocumented foreign nationals a key policy.
The US is said to have identified about 18,000 Indian nationals it believes entered illegally.
Explaining why Ghanaians must get closer to their embassies, Mr Ablakwa said that it is only when the embassies know them that assistance can be provided if need be.
Mr Ablakwa revealed that 156 Ghanaians face imminent deportation from the United States.
He says this is the official figure they are working with, at the moment.
Speaking on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, February 8, he said: “156 facing imminent deportation from the US.”
He further revealed that the deportation exercise by the US government “raises the bigger issue of how we protect the welfare of Ghanaians.”
To that end, he said, “we are going to see new paradigms in terms of consular assistance.”
He further urged Ghanaians living abroad “to get closer to the embassies, get registered and then we can really take care of them.”
