Ministerial Committee on Buduburam Refugee Settlement lands holds inaugural meeting with stakeholders
BUDUBURAM, Ghana, 15 April (UNHCR) – – A six-member Ministerial Verification Committee which was recently inaugurated by the Ministry of Interior to investigate and make recommendations on the land hosting the Buduburam Refugee Settlement has held its inaugural...
Interior Ministry Inaugurates 6-Member Committee to investigate issues on Buduburam lands
ACCRA, Ghana, 25 March (UNHCR) – –Government has stepped up efforts to bring to a closure matters relating to Buduburam lands. Buduburam Refugee Settlement has been home to thousands of Liberian refugees since their arrival in 1990. Deputy Minister of Interior, Mr....
Students of Labone Senior High School learn about UNHCR and refugees
ACCRA, Ghana, 11 March (UNHCR) – – “I only knew the United Nations and its agencies as far-off international organizations working to promote peace and stability in the world”, said Emmanuel Mensah, a student of Labone Senior High School. “Although, I have heard about...
UNHCR to hold Ministerial Conference on Statelessness in West Africa
Accra, Ghana, February 17, 2015 (UNHCR) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will on February 25 open a high-level regional Ministerial Conference on Statelessness in West Africa. The Conference, to be hosted in Côte d’Ivoire, is the first of its...
The Plight of an Urban Refugee
“I have fled twice for my life; one within my home country, South Sudan and then finally to Ghana. I fled with mixed feelings of finding new hope in a new country”, said Salim Mohammed Salim is now an urban refugee in Ghana. He lives in Mamobi, a suburb in the capital...
West Africa Regional Refugee Status Determination (RSD) Training Workshop held in Accra
UNHCR Regional Office in West Africa in collaboration with the Asylum authorities of the various countries in the region has organized a workshop on Refugee Status Determination (RSD) in Accra, Ghana. The week-long workshop which started from 3rd to 7th November, had...