One thousand more Ghanaian migrant workers would start returning on Sunday and Monday from South Africa, where there have been violent protests against migrants, the government said.
Ghanaian authorities have already brought 926 people out of South Africa and have made outspoken criticism of the deadly events in the continent’s major economy.
The foreign ministry said late Saturday that special flights bringing the migrant workers back would start arriving on Sunday and Monday. It said this was the “final phase” of Ghana’s evacuation of nationals.
Ghana’s President John Mahama has called on the African Union to put the “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa on its agenda accusing the Pretoria government of not doing enough to stop them.
The latest evacuation comes days after more than 160,000 foreign nationals were reported to have left South Africa over the past two months as hostility towards undocumented migrants escalated.
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