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28 Burkinabes arrested for entering Ghana illegally

Twenty-eight<a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/immigration-officers-arrest-5-togolese-for-acquiring-ghana-voter-id/5ecmltd"> foreign nationals</a> have been arrested for entering the country through an unapproved route at Hamile in the Lambussie District of the Upper West Region.
Burkinabes arrested
Burkinabes arrested

The illegal entrants were arrested on Wednesday, July 22, 2020.

The regional command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) said the migrants who are all Burkina Faso nationals aged between 3 and 64 were arrested and they are made up of 19 males and 9 females.

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They have since been handed over to the Burkina Faso authorities on the other side of the border at the Hamile post.

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