The Kuwait Government has informed the Government of Ghana of it’s intention to deport some two hundred and forty-five(245) Ghanaians who illegally entered Kuwait back to Ghana by May 23rd.
Subsequently, the Government of Ghana has granted a special Permit to the Kuwait Government to land a chartered flight which will bring these deportees back to the Ghanaian soil, despite the closure of our borders.
This was made known to the public earlier this morning in a press briefing by the Minster of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
According to the Minister, these deportees will be safely admitted into Ghana through series of safety precautionary measures to help limit the importation the Covid-19 infection.
These deportees will be mandatory quarantined and tested for Covid-19 immediately upon their arrival in Ghana. Those who turns out to be positive will be given the necessary supportive treatment.
On the other hand, Deportees who test negative will still have to remain under a mandatory quarantine for a 14 day period, and will be tested again after this period, the Minister revealed.
In addition, the Minister revealed that the Deportees will be generally received and handled into the country inline with the immigration regulations for all deportees. Thus, they are going to remain in the custody of the government for preliminary investigations about their illegal entry/stay in Kuwait.
“Upon completion of the said investigation, a decision will be made on how to handle each of these deportees in accordance with Ghana’s laws”, he said.
Ghana health Service is to undertake the Testing and treatment of these deportees if there is need to. Government will take cost of Quarantine, testing and treatment of these deportees.
ROLE OF SECURITY
The National security Secretariat has been instructed to work in collaboration with the Immigration,Police Service and Military to take responsibility for ensuring that the mandatorily quarantine is enforced.
The Minister assured that all measures to ensure the health of the general population are still been undertaken by the Government of Ghana.
By: NK AB