International Relations Expert, Prof. Vladmir Antwi-Danso, has raised red flags over Ghana’s decision to accept 14 deportees of West African origin from the United States, warning that the deal raises serious issues of transparency, burden-sharing, and accountability.
Speaking in an interview with 3news, the respected scholar dismissed claims that Ghana’s involvement was purely humanitarian and without benefit.
“It is never true that in such diplomatic relations, you go on humanitarian grounds and you gain nothing. Even on humanitarian grounds there is something promised.
“There is no way any relationship is made on the grounds of one side winning and the other side losing.
“So there must be some promise given us by the Americans before we accepted to bring them here,” he stressed.
Prof. Antwi-Danso further questioned why Ghana, rather than ECOWAS as a regional body, was singled out to shoulder the responsibility.
“Again my beef is on the question of they are West Africans, so we were humanitarian enough to bring them.
“Why should it be the case that America’s immigration problem should be the problem of Ghana and not the problem of ECOWAS?
“Why did America not negotiate with ECOWAS and negotiated with Ghana?
“What role is Ghana playing and who is paying for their upkeep here, whatever it is?” he queried.
