{"id":447761,"date":"2017-12-16T19:40:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T19:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/we-dont-recognize-liberian-refugees-in-ghana-unhcr\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T19:40:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T19:40:34","slug":"we-dont-recognize-liberian-refugees-in-ghana-unhcr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/we-dont-recognize-liberian-refugees-in-ghana-unhcr\/","title":{"rendered":"We don\u2019t recognize Liberian \u2018refugees\u2019 in Ghana \u2013 UNHCR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/47010339.295.jpg\" alt=\"Budumburam Liberian Protests\" title=\"Budumburam Liberian Protests\" width=\"295\" height=\"162\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The demolishing of the camp has left many of the refugees homeless<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513453234_995_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> An associate Protection Officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ghana, Edmund Kwofie has stated that the UNHCR does not recognize the presence of Liberian refugees in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, they are \u201care not persons of concern to UNHCR,\u201d since the conditions that allowed them to stay in the country have changed.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cIn 2012, the UNHCR decided that there was no longer the need for Liberians to stay in the country as refugees because the circumstances that led to their immigration as refugees have changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kwofie\u2019s comments come after some Liberians on Friday picketed at the premises of the UNHCR demanding that they be given some relief packages and relocated to different countries following a demolition exercise at the Budumburam camp, where they previously lived.<\/p>\n<p>The demolition which has left many of them displaced was carried out by the Gomoa Chiefs of the Central Region on whose land the camp was built after an agreement between them and the government to host the Liberians there during the civil war in Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>Several years after peace has been restored in Liberia, the Liberians continue to live in the camp with some integrated through marriage with Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>The residents however recently received a letter from the government directing them to leave the camp.<\/p>\n<p>They lamented that they have been rendered homeless and have nowhere else to stay.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberians have since been relocated to the Cantonments District Police Command but insist they want to be resettled in countries such as Canada and the United States since their home country is still not safe for them.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Kwofie said \u201c\u2026they are not entitled to any resettlement. In 2015, they were given the opportunity to appeal to government to be resettled but many did not meet the criteria. Only 350 people were accepted. The rest were rejected. And those people are those who were picketing outside our office\u2026 The best we can do for them is to speak with the Liberian Embassy and inquire from them what we should do with their people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/50481022.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-16 The demolishing of the camp has left many of the refugees homeless An associate Protection Officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ghana, Edmund Kwofie has stated that the UNHCR does not recognize the presence of Liberian refugees in Ghana. 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