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Stop coming to Europe to beg in supermarkets- EU to Ghanaian migrants
Speaking Friday at a migration lecture at the University of Ghana on the theme: "interrogating the forces behind migration from Africa to Europe,” the EU top diplomat recounts seeing Ghanaian migrants begging in European supermarkets to feed.
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He said: “I have a very deep picture in my mind of walking around Rome.
"And I see Ghanaians begging at supermarkets probably to make some money and I don’t see much dignity in that."
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He suggested that this humiliating trend could be reversed if there were proper dialogue between the EU, the Government of Ghana and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).
READ MORE: 4 in 10 Ghanaians consider emigrating
“…we are not having the dialogue with the government that we should have. It should be much closer, and we should have a dialogue with civil society also involved,” he argued.
According to a 2017 Afrobarometer report, four in 10 Ghanaians have considered emigrating in search of more favourable economic prospects.
The study revealed that a majority would prefer to live outside Africa, with North America and Europe being the most preferred destinations
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