The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery says the Ghana Immigration Service office in Kyebi has been empowered to clamp down on foreigners engaging in illegal mining.
Okyehene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin recently bemoaned the infiltration of illegal migrants mostly from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Cote d’Ivoire who troop to the Kyebi and its environs to engage in illegal mining.
Speaking to the media at the sidelines of Regional Immigration Commanders and Management Retreat Koforidua, the Minister acknowledged the excellent effort of the Immigration Service in the fight against illegal mining but urged them to do more.
“Immigration has been doing very very well. You don’t get to know much about them because when they repatriate people, they don’t normally publish it sometimes. After all, we don’t want the diplomatic relationship to be adversely affected. In the case of what the Okyenhene said that is valid, the office in Kyebi has been empowered to do their work there, but it is not peculiar to Kyebi alone, it is all over the country and that is why we have expanded the activities of Ghana Immigration service to all Districts and Municipalities. We expect that Landlords will corporate with us. Any foreigner who engages in illegal activity is a subject for the Immigration and Immigration has been doing very very well”
The Comptroller General of Ghana Immigration Service, Kwame Asuah Takyi reiterated the commitment of the Service to the fight against illegal mining. He, however, appealed to the general public particularly landlords to corporate with Immigration Service offices nationwide to help fish out, illegal migrants.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
