As of November 2024, a total of 12,646 Ghanaians have been deported from various countries over the past five years, according to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).
The deportees include 8,186 males and 4,459 females.
The majority of deportations occurred from countries including Libya, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Canada.
Madam Yaa Oppong Opoku-Agyeman, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration in charge of the Migration Information Centre for Returnees at Kotoka International Airport (KIA), disclosed this during an event in Accra to commemorate International Migrants Day.