Immigration service picks up over 2000 foreign street beggars in Accra

The Ghana Immigration Service in a special operation has picked up over 2000 foreign street beggars across various locations on the streets of Accra.

The operation carried out on Friday, May 16, 2025 led to the arrest of 384 male adults, 577 male children, 525 female adults and 755 female children.

Speaking in an interview with TV3 after the swoop, Head of Public Affairs, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration, Mike Amoako -Atta disclosed that these individuals are being profiled to be transported in buses to their various destinations.

“The GIS clinic is attending to them and then a team undertakes the profiling after that we bus them to their various destination.

“After their medical screening, we look at their documentation as to how they entered the country and whether they are legal or illegal immigrant,” he stated.

Mr. Amoako -Atta noted that the Service in tune with is core value of respect for human right will ensure that each child is with the parent or an adult sibling.

“We are not going to remove parent who are not with or accompanied by their parents, for that we are sure,” he added.

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