The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has announced the successful repatriation of 925 undocumented migrants following a recent operation in Accra.
The migrants, most of whom were engaged in street begging, were arrested during a major swoop conducted by the GIS on Friday, May 16, 2025. The repatriation process began on Saturday, May 17.
“Repatriation was initiated in the morning of Saturday, 17th May, 2025. At the time of this release, 925 persons have been successfully repatriated, and processes are underway to remove the rest,” the statement said.
The breakdown of nationalities of the 2,241 persons currently held at designated Holding Centre are as follows:
Nigerien- 2,073
Nigerian- 138
Burkinabe -28
Guinean -1
Malian-1
The GIS stated that AU-affected immigrants went through profiling and security screening in line with Standard Operating Procedures.
“Immigrants were also segregated based on their gender and age, in line with international best practices.”
