U.N. denounces reported expulsions from Ghana of Burkina asylum seekers By Reuters

DAKAR (Reuters) -The United Nations refugee company (UNHCR) has raised considerations about experiences in Ghana that a whole lot of residents looking for refuge from an insurgency in neighbouring Burkina Faso had been being deported, an allegation that Ghana denies.

Burkina Faso is one among a number of West African international locations preventing armed teams that took root in north Mali and have seized floor throughout the area over the previous decade, killing 1000’s and displacing over six million within the course of.

Greater than two million have fled their properties in Burkina Faso alone, the place frustrations over rising insecurity spurred two army takeovers final 12 months.

Some, primarily girls and kids, have sought refuge in north Ghana, the place the insurgency has additionally hit lately.

The UNHCR on Wednesday referred to as on Ghana’s authorities to ensure entry to its territory and asylum to Burkinabes fleeing violence, and stop reported expulsions.

Ghana’s authorities refuted the allegations on Thursday, saying 530 displaced Burkinabes had been being accommodated in a brief reception centre arrange in collaboration with the UNHCR.

“Ghanaian official entities be sure that the displaced individuals have entry to free meals and medical care,” the ministry of nationwide safety stated in a press release, including that land had been acquired to arrange housing.

Solely Burkinabes wishing to be returned residence had been being repatriated by means of a course of in keeping with worldwide protocols, it stated.

The alleged compelled repatriations by Ghana’s military have been reported in native publications and on social media.

Twitter person Alhaji Gbangbanku shared video on-line of dozens of girls holding their kids, sitting on the bottom in a car parking zone with buses.

“The repatriation of Fulbes from Burkina Faso is constant as we speak in a number of northern Ghana communities,” he wrote, describing it as a “military-led train” and a “harmful improvement.”

Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the movies or the expulsions.