President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed deep concerns over the cold-hearted treatment of African migrants in Europe.
When the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini, called on him at the Presidency on Monday, President Akufo-Addo did not mince words when he criticised the inhumane and abusive treatment of African migrants in Europe.
He said although the Europeans had every reason to fight against illegal migration, their treatment of migrants, especially illegal migrants, were against the rights and dignity of the offenders.
President Akufo-Addo said it was unacceptable for people to be treated in that manner, simply because they were illegal immigrants.
In the 19th Century, he said Europeans, including Italians, fled to the United States in their numbers due to poverty because their countries, in those days, were not considered as countries of opportunities.
“The phenomenon of migration in Africa is no different from the phenomenon of migration in their history. So the connection between migration and poverty is direct.
“Everybody will prefer to stay where they were born and grow up; it is only when you don’t find opportunities there that you think of moving,” he said, and indicated that there was nothing unusual about the concept of migration.
“When you hear some of the stories of how some of them are treated, you wonder whether, really, our relations with Western Europe should be on the level at which it is,” he said, and pointed that people should not hide behind the pretext of fighting illegal migration to abuse illegal migrants,” he stated.
President Akufo-Addo noted that the right of every human being must, at all time, be respected and urged the European governments to highlight the abuses and inhumane treatments of migrants in their discourse.
The President said his administration was working to address migration from the country by providing opportunities for the youth through its Ghana Beyond Aid agenda.
The Deputy Prime Minister led a team of Italians to announce a programme funded by ENI Ghana, aimed at providing vocational and technical skills training for Ghanaians.
Source: Daily Graphic
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Liin, where were you when your party ndc brought unnecessary taxes on the people, and do you people still take Ghanaians as f000**00ls then you will rot in opposition! ndc are just f000*00ls and making thinking Ghana was a paradise during their create l000**00t and share world. A f000*00l always think he is wise and that us ndc, there us no sensible person in that party the little sensible people have been on back stage and the idi**ots are displaying their bufoonery! aaaah ! how come Gold Coast/ Sika Mpoano! Ghana has become this? an*imals in human form who don't know their right from left only insults come to our country to destroy it? A beautiful city on Africa's Hill has become a den for f000**00ls who are very primitive, very unc*ultured from very bad up bringing calling themselves Ghanaians and talking nons*ense about kritical national issues! Not until ndc is destroyed by Ghanaians themselves by keeping them forever in opposition these idi*ots will never stop insulting the natives ! mmoa nkoaaa! America is benefiting from Chinese,Indians, Phillipines, Arabs look at Ghana allowing undocumented ECOWAS nationals to enter their country by unapproved routes and calling themselves Ghanaians after entering and nobody is saying nothing and look at the politucs of insults they've brought! eg are Fiifi Kwettey, Kofi Adams Carl Wilson, Baba Jamal, Collins Dauda, Baba Kamara, Salifu Maasa aka Mugabe of radio gold etc somebody tell us what these people have contributed to help Ghana move forward? and such as those here who want favours from that ndc party are insulting our leaders real natives of this country! Nana Addo is too good because some of us can't stand some of his silence ! Immigrants are good for every country but not nation wreckers, disrespectful immigrants, rude and arrogant immigrants must not be tolerated! not immigrants who do politics and create l000*00t and share our resources when our people are suffering and they come on social media to insult us ! they should wait after 2020 ! Ndc will never come back no matter what Akufo Addo administration will do to us we will never make ndc an option NEVER!
IS AKUFFO ADDO NOW BECOMING AWARE OF THE INHUMANE TREATMENT OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS? BLACK PEOPLE NOT ONLY AFRICANS ALL OVER THE WORLD SUFFER DAILY INHUMANE TREATMENT IN THE HANDS OF OTHER RACES. OF COURSE WE AFRICANS SUFFER THE MOST BECAUSE WE ARE THE MOST HATED AROUND THE WORLD.THE INDIANS,CHINES, AND THE WORST OF ALL THE ARABS OR MUSLIMS TREAT US IN THE MOST DISGUSTING AND INHUMANE WAY AND WHAT DO OUR SUPPOSED LEADERS DO NOTHING.ITS HIGH TIME THEY GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.
@@Stephen. When the ***barred word*** was running down the economy you guys who benefited from his maladministration were happy. Now that your milk and honey government is out of power you see everything wrong. But note that your insultts will not change anything! It is only prudent and focused management of the economy that will restore hope to the Ghanaian. Who ever invited Mahama to take any centre stage in any global function? The international community know the type of people to give centre stages to, not people without focus who cannot tell their left from right.
Inhuman treatment indeed, don't you know that your insensitive taxes is more inhumane than anything a leader can do against his own people? Your bank closures and unnecessary loans are some of the things that leads to Ghanaians seeking greener pastures when Ghana is the greenest country on Earth
I dont think it isas bad as those in the Arabic Countries. If you want to warn anyone about how Africans are being treated look no further than Saudi Oam and Kuwait. In Italy and other EU countries the government will protect them if it comes to their attention but not in the Arab countries.
Hypocrisy of the highest order from Akuffo Addo. Under your watch there is maltreatment and you want to what.... 3ny3 de3 ehia ni
The president will always speak for his people. Even people. God bless you.
God bless you Mr. President for speaking for your people.
If you are proud of this president because of issues like this, then am really disappointed. The rights of these migrants will be respected if your president that you want Ghana and the rest of Africa to be proud of and his fellow African leaders will make standard of living of their people a priority so that when people are traveling to other countries it will not be an intent to seek greener pastures.
This is a President. Ghana and the rest of Africa should be proud of you, Mr. President.