Anita Nyarko-Yirenkyi
Prospective travellers need to use the right immigration process to travel, Mr Benja-min Woesten, Head of Ghanaian-German Centre (GGC), has stated
He said irregular migration involved a lot of risks which
needed to be avoided.
Mr Woesten said this at a press soiree to interact with the
media and also commemorate the five years anniversary celebration of the GGC in
Accra last Friday.
He commended the media for its contribution to national
development, stating that "the media is a key stakeholder in all spheres
of life".
The Senior National Pro-grammes Coordinator, GGC, Mr David
Tetteh, stated that the GGC was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of
Economic Cooperation and Development in December 2017.
He stated that the Centre was a hub for employment
promotion, issues related to migration and diaspora and reintegration support
in Ghana.
One main objective of the Centre is to complement the government's
efforts in creating opportunities and sources of livelihood to curb youth
unemployment in Ghana.
It also provides information on opportunities in the
Ghanaian labour market to the local population.
The Centre also offers individual counselling on existing
services and measures for the socioeconomic reintegration of returned migrants
in Ghana.
"We advise them on regular migration and labour
mobility, counselling, institutional support and capacity development and
social support" he added.
Mr. Tetteh said some of the activities undertaken by the
Centre since 2017 included 16,497 coun-selling sessions, six job career fairs,
2,197 psychosocial support, and 9,344 business start-up support.
He said returnees from Germany comprised of 18 per cent and
82 per cent, adding that around 80 per cent of returnees were interested in
entrepreneurship start-up, and 20 per cent job opportunities.
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