{"id":765952,"date":"2019-12-16T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/16\/immigration-service-chases-foreigners-in-sunyani\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T13:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T13:00:44","slug":"immigration-service-chases-foreigners-in-sunyani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/16\/immigration-service-chases-foreigners-in-sunyani\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Service Chases Foreigners In Sunyani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS)<br \/>\non Thursday embarked on an operation to arrest foreigners who are in Sunyani<br \/>\nand its environs in the Bono Region without the requisite immigration permits.<\/p>\n<p>They mostly targeted those who are<br \/>\nengaging in criminal activities, including prostitution. In the process, the<br \/>\noperation triggered some intermittent scuffles.<\/p>\n<p>At about 10 am on Thursday, personnel<br \/>\nof the service in a white pickup stormed the main streets of Sunyani and<br \/>\nstarted arresting some of the illegal immigrants, some of whom were selling<br \/>\nphones on the pavement of the road.<\/p>\n<p>Those who resisted the arrest were<br \/>\nforcibly bundled into the pickup and sent to the GIS command located in the<br \/>\nregional coordinating council. Some took to their heels leaving their wares<br \/>\nbehind, while others peacefully obeyed orders.<\/p>\n<p>An officer, whom <strong><em>DAILY<br \/>\nGUIDE<\/em><\/strong> identified as Attipoe, said the commander was not ready to give<br \/>\nany explanation since they were discharging their legitimate duties.<\/p>\n<p>However, some of the foreigners,<br \/>\nincluding Nigerians, alleged they were released after the command asked them to<br \/>\npay GH\u00a2100 each.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also asked us to write<br \/>\nstatements to show our names, where we come from, where we are living in<br \/>\nSunyani, what business we are doing in the city, whether we have passport or<br \/>\nresident permits, among others. After this, they asked us to pay GH\u00a2100 each<br \/>\nand those who couldn\u2019t pay were detained,\u201d Nelson Kechuku, a Nigerian who was<br \/>\narrested, claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations showed that some of<br \/>\nthe Nigerians who were arrested belonged to different Nigerian associations in Sunyani,<br \/>\nincluding \u2018Nigerians Phones Business Association\u2019 and \u2018Igbo Country Union\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>The GIS officers reportedly relied on the executives to identify their members and those who did not belong to any of the associations and did not have resident permits would be treated as illegal immigrants, according to GIS.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>danielyaodayee@yahoo.com<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p> <strong>FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Sunyani<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Thursday embarked on an operation to arrest foreigners who are in Sunyani and its environs in the Bono Region without the requisite immigration permits. They mostly targeted those who are engaging in criminal activities, including prostitution. In the process, the operation triggered some intermittent scuffles. 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