{"id":694907,"date":"2019-08-29T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T14:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Tetteh Padi delivering his address<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana, a signatory to the United Nations\nConvention on Refugees, has over the past three years issued work permits to only\n27 refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the inception of 2019, no"},"modified":"2019-08-29T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T14:50:07","slug":"27-refugees-granted-work-permit-since-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/29\/27-refugees-granted-work-permit-since-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"27 Refugees Granted Work Permit Since 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tetteh Padi delivering his address<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana, a signatory to the United Nations<br \/>\nConvention on Refugees, has over the past three years issued work permits to only<br \/>\n27 refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Since the inception of 2019, no refugee in the<br \/>\ncountry has been granted a work permit due to challenges in interpreting some<br \/>\nsections of the law on refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The Programmes Co-ordinator of the Ghana<br \/>\nRefugee Board, Tetteh Padi, gave out the information at a Refugee<br \/>\nEntrepreneurship and Employment forum held in Accra on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Though he failed to mention the exact \u2018areas of<br \/>\nconcern\u2019 regarding the law, he indicated that dialogue was \u2018far advanced\u2019 in<br \/>\nterms of resolving the issue together with the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ghana Refugee Board, Ghana has<br \/>\nabout 13,438 persons of concern, who are refugees and asylum seekers from over<br \/>\n34 countries.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 8,331 residing in camps, while<br \/>\n5,107 reside outside designated camps in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Padi said the difficulty in acquiring work<br \/>\npermit had forced most refugees \u2013 some of whom are highly skilled \u2013 to work in<br \/>\nthe informal sector of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, called for the adoption of<br \/>\npragmatic measures to improve the situation of refugees which would inure to the benefit of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Vera Arizie of the Operation<br \/>\nSecretariat of GIS said the challenge of acquiring work permit for refugees<br \/>\nincluded the reluctance of potential employers to complete application forms of<br \/>\nrefugees which would require employers to make certain disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, she suggested the need for liaison<br \/>\nbetween the Refugee Board and other stakeholders such as the Immigrants Quota<br \/>\nCommittee under the Ministry of the Interior to fashion out modalities for<br \/>\nissuing and renewing work permits for refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The Country Representative of the United<br \/>\nNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Esther Kiragu, said the growing<br \/>\nnumber of displacements around the globe as a result of protracted conflicts<br \/>\nhad become necessary for host countries such as Ghana to look at integrating<br \/>\nrefugees who can be regarded as agents of development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is an island. We have passed the era of<br \/>\n\u2018them and us\u2019. What affects your neighbour will have an impact on you too<br \/>\neventually hence the call for global responsibility sharing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A displaced person, Sarah Woldeamanuel, who is<br \/>\na trained psychologist, advocated that policy on access to public services needed<br \/>\nto be reviewed in order to accommodate persons that have been granted refugee<br \/>\nstatus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Issah Mohammed\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tetteh Padi delivering his address Ghana, a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Refugees, has over the past three years issued work permits to only 27 refugees. 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