Ghana: Information on government harassment of family (especially the wife) when the person has fled the country
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA8460 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Information on government harassment of family (especially the wife) when the person has fled the country, 1 May 1991, GHA8460, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac1d58.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
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Published sources on this specific subject are currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
According to a specialist of Ghana at Toronto University, contacted on 16 May 1991, this situation happens. The source also adds that it is not government policy to do that. It happens mainly in peripherial rural/remote areas where the local police and military personnel are very autonomous. This source reports that this situation can also happen in important towns if the case is judged important enough.
Further information is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
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