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COLLOQUIUM OF THE
DIASPORA
ENGAGEMENT
PROJECT
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RETURN AND
REINTEGRATION:
OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES
IN GHANA.
22 – 24 AUGUST, 2012
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“Linking The Ghanaian Diaspora To The
Development Of Ghana”
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PRESENTED BY:
REV. FRANK PEPRAH TWUMASI
CEO,SCHOLARS IN TRANSIT NKORANZA – B/A
GHANA
E-MAIL:
TEL: +233(0)243822436
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OUR OBJECTIVES
•Conduct Research on pertinent social issues.
•Organize Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking Campaigns
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•Educate potential migrants and the general public on the risks involved in irregular migration and provide counsel and advice;
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•Provide and disseminate relevant information on migration and migration related issues;
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• Encourage and facilitate the formation of Migrant Associations for feasible, organized working relationship with migrants and potential migrants.
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HOW CAN I STAY? • Pressure from Peers and family members are
too strong to bear. • Unpredictable weather pattern makes
farming unattractive . EXPENDITURE INCURRED FOR CULTIVATING 2 ACRES OF MAIZE
-Land - GHC 80 -Clearing of land - “ 140 -Tractor Services - “ 80 -Sowing of seeds - “ 80 -Application of 6 bags Fertilizer - “ 220 -Harvesting/gathering of produce - “ 70 -Carting of produce - “ 60 -Sheathing and threshing - “ 110 TOTAL - GHC 840
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REINTEGRATION CHALLENGES
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•Families sometimes offer support to facilitate trip by providing cash or agree to sell some family property. Return Migrants who do not return with anything substantive are seen as liabilities.
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•Migrants who plaster buildings (Malaga) start as apprentice and with time graduate to win their own plastering contracts.
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•Some Migrants who worked with Multi-national and Public Companies did not take their salaries before being evacuated and are tempted to go back for it.
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RETURN TO WHAT?
• Institutions hardly work, an individual can frustrate a whole process.
• Very cumbersome bureaucratic disposition.
• High taxes and complicated clearing of goods processes.
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IOM/UNDP REINTEGRATION SUPPORT PROGRAM
• IOM/UNDP Reintegration Support Program is very helpful and must be stretched to reach many.
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RECOMMENDATION
•Formulation of National Migration Policy must be expedited.
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• Waiver duty payments on particular goods and machinery and reduce frustrating bureaucratic processes at Ports and Harbors.
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•Entrepreneurs who return to establish businesses in deprived areas must be given impressive incentives.
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•The formation of a National Association for Migrants in Ghana can lead to an effective Diasporean network and partnership.
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•IOM Reintegration support program must cover Migrants who intend to go to school.
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