Migration is a key dimension of both globalization and development, and international migration has become one of the foremost development topics of the 21st century. According to the United Nations, as of 2012, more than 215 million people live outside their countries of birth and over 700 million migrate within their countries. Every state has been touched by human mobility. Owusu-Ankomah (2006) argues that about two million Ghanaians migrated to far and near lands ostensibly to seek greener pastures between the years 1970 to 2005. While it is difficult to obtain accurate statistics for various years, in their studies, researchers on migration and remittances have provided the following estimates of the numbers of Ghanaians living abroad:
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An unknown, but significant number of people perish every year by attempting to use very dangerous route to reach Europe (Carling 2007). Others are victims of trafficking or fall into the hands of gangsters (Van Moppes 2006). In addition an increasing number of Ghanaians are unable to attain legal residential status in the host countries to have access to social services, education, jobs and …show more content…
1.3 Research Questions
i. What role does national security play in handling deportees/returnees? ii. Which impact does returnees/deportees have on the development of the economy? iii. Are returnees/deportees a threat to national security? iv. How does government handle such threat if any?
v. What measures does the security force put in place to monitor the activities of returnees/deportees? vi. Are there mechanisms in place to handle and reintegrate returnees into the country? vii. Is there any specialized unit in Ghana responsible for the welfare of deportees/returnees in
An unknown, but significant number of people perish every year by attempting to use very dangerous route to reach Europe (Carling 2007). Others are victims of trafficking or fall into the hands of gangsters (Van Moppes 2006). In addition an increasing number of Ghanaians are unable to attain legal residential status in the host countries to have access to social services, education, jobs and …show more content…
1.3 Research Questions
i. What role does national security play in handling deportees/returnees? ii. Which impact does returnees/deportees have on the development of the economy? iii. Are returnees/deportees a threat to national security? iv. How does government handle such threat if any?
v. What measures does the security force put in place to monitor the activities of returnees/deportees? vi. Are there mechanisms in place to handle and reintegrate returnees into the country? vii. Is there any specialized unit in Ghana responsible for the welfare of deportees/returnees in