127 Ghanaian migrants return from Libya
Not less than 127 Ghanaian migrants have returned to Ghana from Libya through the intervention of government which said it is making efforts to bring more Ghana nationals back home. According to the account of one of the returnees, there were over 170 Ghanaian nationals still being held in some of the detention camps in […]
Not less than 127 Ghanaian migrants have returned to Ghana from Libya through the intervention of government which said it is making efforts to bring more Ghana nationals back home.
According to the account of one of the returnees, there were over 170 Ghanaian nationals still being held in some of the detention camps in Libya.
Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Mrs. Shirley Ayittey, who has consistently expressed the government’s commitment to the welfare of Ghanaians abroad, said at the weekend that efforts were ongoing to liberate all her nationals being held captive in Libya.
News of African migrants being sold into slavery in Libya had left many Ghanaians and the government aghast, thus prompting its intervention.
Some of the returnees, who flew into the country at the weekend, recounted their painful experiences during their blotched trip to Europe.
For instance, one of them who simply gave his name as Kofi, revealed that he paid his agent GHc6, 500 to facilitate his trip to Spain. But he was abandoned him in Libya, where he was hauled into detention.
“I was desperate to make money so when a friend told me about the trip to Spain, I opted for it without thinking twice. I was abandoned by my agent in Libya, where I was arrested and detained by a militia group,” he revealed.
Another victim said he sold all his valuables and had to borrow more to pay his way to Europe, only to end up in detention in Libya.
“I have lost everything. I sold all my valuables and I had to borrow more to pay my agent to get me to Europe. I was taken to Libya and I was detained. I am back to Ghana with nothing. My situation is worse than it was when I left,” he lamented.