Immigration to Ghana
Immigration to Ghana is managed by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).[1][2][3] Ghana a country located at the western part of the African continent with a population of 28.83 million and gained independence on 6 March 1957.
The Ghanaian government has most recently reviewed its immigration policy, as its intention is to increase immigration of
Support and control of immigration
Features of skilled immigration
A skilled worker is any
Skilled worker immigrants in Ghana include Indian, South Korean, Japanese, Malaysian, Cuban, Lebanese, Chinese, German and Dutch nationals and however after seven years as Ghanaian
Return to roots: African Americans in Ghana
Lydia Frances Polgreen (born 1975) is a journalist, who is the
The history of African Americans in Ghana goes back to individuals such as American civil rights activist and writer W. E. B. Du Bois, who settled in Ghana in the last years of his life and is buried in the capital Accra. Since then, other African Americans who are descended from slaves imported from areas within the present-day jurisdiction of Ghana and neighboring states have applied for permanent resident status in Ghana. As of 2015, the number of African-American residents has been estimated at around 3,000 people, a large portion of whom live in Accra.
Country of birth of residents in Ghana
According to the Ghana Statistics Service 375,000 of the Ghana
Country | 2012 |
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Togo | 142,688 |
Nigeria | 57,056 |
Ivory Coast | 46,058 |
Liberia | 20,056 |
Benin | 19,502 |
Niger | 9,205 |
Mali | 7,819 |
United Kingdom | 2,117 |
Sierra Leone | 1,939 |
Lebanon | 1,142 |
India | 989 |
United States | 952 |
Canada | 320 |
Netherlands | 284 |
Italy | 268 |
China | 264 |
France | 254 |
Switzerland | 227 |
Guinea | 161 |
Cameroon | 113 |
See also
- Illegal immigration in Ghana
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