Officials from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have rescued six girls aged 21 and 22 from being trafficked to Lebanon.The GIS officers said the girls appear younger than the ages in their passports.
The GIS, in a statement, said when the girls were interviewed, they were unable to tell the purpose of their travel or their final destination, which led to further interrogation until it emerged that they were being trafficked.
The girls are from Bono, Ashanti, North and the Volta Regions.
The Regional Commander of the GIS at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), ACI Edith Penelope Arhin, cautioned parents to take keen interest in the welfare of their children, especially the girl-child because travelling outside the country does not guarantee a better future.
“Parents should beware of people who pose as travel agents with juicy proposals of taking their children abroad to better their lives. There is no better job or greener pasture anywhere,” she stated.
Ms Arhin further cautioned young girls to seriously pursue their education goals and learn a trade or apprenticeship.
In a related development, GIS officials at KIA also prevented a 26-year-old woman, who was forced by her family to travel to the Gulf State, from embarking on the journey.
The lady, name withheld, who hails from Egbazo, Nzema in the Western Region, was spotted crying at the departure hall by an officer. Upon interrogation, she revealed that she was recruited by one Alberta who later transferred her to another agent by name Mina in Accra to facilitate her travel to the Gulf State.
According to the victim, she was charged an amount of GHS7,500 but her family was able to raise GHS2,200 with the promise to pay the balance on her arrival in the Gulf State.
She further disclosed that her family had threatened her not to return home should she refuse to travel to Lebanon.
Thorough checks on her passport revealed that she had travelled earlier to Saudi Arabia.
Source: Ghana/ClassFMonline.com/91.3FM
The GIS, in a statement, said when the girls were interviewed, they were unable to tell the purpose of their travel or their final destination, which led to further interrogation until it emerged that they were being trafficked.
The girls are from Bono, Ashanti, North and the Volta Regions.
The Regional Commander of the GIS at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), ACI Edith Penelope Arhin, cautioned parents to take keen interest in the welfare of their children, especially the girl-child because travelling outside the country does not guarantee a better future.
“Parents should beware of people who pose as travel agents with juicy proposals of taking their children abroad to better their lives. There is no better job or greener pasture anywhere,” she stated.
Ms Arhin further cautioned young girls to seriously pursue their education goals and learn a trade or apprenticeship.
In a related development, GIS officials at KIA also prevented a 26-year-old woman, who was forced by her family to travel to the Gulf State, from embarking on the journey.
The lady, name withheld, who hails from Egbazo, Nzema in the Western Region, was spotted crying at the departure hall by an officer. Upon interrogation, she revealed that she was recruited by one Alberta who later transferred her to another agent by name Mina in Accra to facilitate her travel to the Gulf State.
According to the victim, she was charged an amount of GHS7,500 but her family was able to raise GHS2,200 with the promise to pay the balance on her arrival in the Gulf State.
She further disclosed that her family had threatened her not to return home should she refuse to travel to Lebanon.
Thorough checks on her passport revealed that she had travelled earlier to Saudi Arabia.
Source: Ghana/ClassFMonline.com/91.3FM
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