Saudi Arabia deports 22 Ghanaians

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Officials in Saudi Arabia have deported a total of 22 Ghanaians from that country after detaining them for four months BestNewsGH.com can confirm.

The deportees, aged between 21 and 38 have been working in that country as house-helps with falsified documents over a period of time.

Immigration officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in a statement confirmed the deportation of the victims.

The statement added that the deportees also suffered serious assault and asexual abuse at the hands of their ‘masters’ in Saudi Arabia.

A report by the Ghana Immigration Service confirms that over 2,000 young Ghanaian women were stranded in Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon only after five months of reaching the countries through fake recruitment agencies that promised them lucrative jobs in 2015.

Read the statement below:

 

 

Source: BestNewsGH.com

 


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Kennedy Mornah is an Award Winning Ghanaian Journalist with over two decades of experience in the Ghanaian Media landscape spanning the electronic, print and digital media. He is a Media Consultant, a Corporate MC, Radio and TV Host, Founder and Publisher of the Maritime and Transport Digest Newspaper, Businessman, a Go getter and an optimist. He has worked for renowned media organizations including Diamond Fm in Tamale, Luv Fm in Kumasi, Oman Fm in Accra and Starr Fm in Accra In 2017 he received the Reporter of the Year Award at the Ghana Shippers Awards in Accra, Ghana.

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