The United States, on Thursday,
said it has imposed visa restrictions on Ghana.
Mike Pompeo, US secretary of
state, said the West African country has not been co-operating in accepting
Ghanian citizens to be deported from the US.
“As a result, Secretary of State
Pompeo has ordered consular officers in Ghana to implement visa restrictions on
certain categories of visa applicants. Without an appropriate response from
Ghana, the scope of these sanctions may be expanded to a wider population,” the
department of homeland security said in a statement.
“The sanctions will remain in
place until the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies Secretary Pompeo that
cooperation on removals has improved to an acceptable level.”
Commenting on the development,
Kirstjen Nielsen, DHS secretary said: “The United States routinely cooperates
with foreign governments in documenting and accepting U.S. citizens when asked,
as appropriate, as do the majority of countries in the world, but Ghana has
failed to do so in this case.
“We hope the Ghanaian government
will work with us to reconcile these deficiencies quickly.”
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