Ghana: Information on whether a child born in Ghana of Nigeroise parents in 1966 and who lived there until 1991 would be entitled to Ghanaian citizenship and if not, on the procedure to obtain citizenship
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA24819.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Information on whether a child born in Ghana of Nigeroise parents in 1966 and who lived there until 1991 would be entitled to Ghanaian citizenship and if not, on the procedure to obtain citizenship, 1 August 1996, GHA24819.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab7f1c.html [accessed 11 October 2017] |
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For information on the above-mentioned subject, please refer to the attached copies of Ghanaian citizenship laws extracted from the REFLEG database and to the attachment from Constitutions of the Counties of the World.
According to a professor of law at the University of Ghana in Legon, the 1971 Ghana Nationality Act would apply in the above-mentioned case (14 Aug. 1996).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Professor of law, Faculty of Law, University of Ghana at Legon. 14 August 1996. Telephone interview.
Attachments
Kludze, A.K.P. May 1993. "Ghana, "Constitutions of the Countries of the World." Edited by Albert P. Blaustein and Gisbert H. Flanz. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, pp. 32-35.
Ghana. 3 July 1991. Ghana Nationality Act., 1971. (UNHCR REFLEG)
Ghana. 1982. Provisional National Defence Council (Establishment) Proclamation (Supplementary and Consequential Provisions) Law. (UNHCR REFLEG)
