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Ghana: Information on whether a child born in Russia in 1969 of a Russian mother and a Ghanaian father has a claim to Ghanaian citizenship

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 November 1993
Citation / Document Symbol GHA15614.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Information on whether a child born in Russia in 1969 of a Russian mother and a Ghanaian father has a claim to Ghanaian citizenship, 1 November 1993, GHA15614.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acec14.html [accessed 9 October 2022]
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For information on this specific subject, please refer to the attachment from Constitutions of the Countries of the World and copies of Ghanaian citizenship laws extracted from the REFLEG database.

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.

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.

Ghana. Nationality Act. 1971. (UNHCR REFLEG)

. Provisional National Defence Council (Establishment) Proclamation (Supplementary And Consequential Provisions) Law. 1982. (UNHCR REFLEG)

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