The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, says Ghana has been taken off the US State Department’s list of worse human trafficking offenders after much effort by government to deal with the menace.
According to him, the country has been upgraded from the low level of Tier 2 watch list the government inherited in 2017 to a more favourable status following quick interventions, including devotion of funds as part of national responses to fighting the modern day ‘slavery.’
The nation was classified as a Tier 2 watch-list country by the US State Department as a result of poor national responses to fight human trafficking in the 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, which gives narratives for 188 countries and territories based on standards established by the Tracking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
The rankings range from the most favorable Tier 1, and fall to Tier 2, the Tier 2 Watch List and Tier 3, which is the lowest possible ranking the Department gives for national responses to fighting trafficking.
Addressing officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in Kumasi, Mr. Dery said improved responses by government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), on assumption of office, saved the nation from being sanctioned by the US government in 2017.
According to him, President Akufo-Addo told the American ambassador it would be unfair for the country to be downgraded again a few weeks after his government assumed office.
“First time government gave budget for trafficking, and now we have been upgraded because we have been able to check the human trafficking down appreciably,” he stressed.
Mr Dery said government acknowledges the contributions of GIS officers, pointing out that they “broke up a gang that was issuing fake birth certificates and getting out our young girls minus the adults.”
He again praised the immigration officers for giving the nation positive image at the board posts and airport based on their attitudes and impression created, adding that the American ambassador had acknowledged the courtesies at the airport.
He disclosed that President Akufo-Addo, when he took office, made a promise about internal security.
He noted that the working conditions had changed for the better with many of the issues addressed to ensure effective operations of the internal security system.
“The President directed that we should make sure the welfare issues of the security agencies were dealt with immediately. The first thing we did was recruitment of 1,000 officers across board, and the GIS was the first agency.”
Source: Daily Guide
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This same ndc that sent us to the IMF sent us to tier 2 of human trafficking in the world in the books of the United States and these same people run to the IMF for clarification of a batter system they called loans and were sent away because of their ign*orance of the batter system, then these same people again went to the American Embassy to report something the government of Ghana was investigating about the PDS and were again booted out that the United States government support the investigation of the Ghana government! these people again with the collaboration of their flagbearer who was snubbed at the Kofi Annan school because former presidents were invited not flagbearers invited the international community and showed them false videos about the Ayawaso saga that they started and got what they asked for and were defeated mercilessly which led to their kidnapper chairman to announce their withdrawal out of humiliation.. I'm still waiting for when the international community whose time was wasted because of propaganda will come out and agree with the ndc and condemn the government about what happened at Ayawaso the main reason for their invitation!but it's like they don't care a hoot about the ndc so my question is #is ndc a political party accepted by the world or it is viewed as a cartel in political apparel? ndc has mo support in the civilized world so must be banned in Ghana Akua Donkor's Freedom party is even popular with the international community than the ndc because there is no incompetence,corruption and thi*eving tag on it. Ndc will rot in opposition