The Migration Management Bureau is a merger of three newly created Sections of the GIS.
It is made up of the Anti-Human Trafficking Desk, the Migration Information Bureau and the Refugee Desk.
THE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING DESK
The Anti-Human Trafficking Desk was set up in July 2006 in line with ECOWAS Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons, (2002-2003), under ‘Specialization and Training’ which requires that existing law enforcement structures create special units with a specific mandate to develop and effectively target operational activities to combat trafficking in Persons.
The Desk coordinates capacity building programmes and mainstreams anti-trafficking into the Service’s operations with an ultimate goal of contributing to Ghana’s efforts towards full compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of Human Trafficking.
OBJECTIVES
- To create awareness of Immigration Officers in human trafficking, its effects, the methodologies and tools employed to combat it.
- To disseminate information to potential migrants, the vulnerable through brochures, posters, and leaflets.
- To build capacity of officers to be able to detect trafficking, make arrests, investigate and handle victims professionally.
- To apply the training of trainer’s approach, in order to ensure that Immigration Officers working in the regions and at exit and entry points improve the techniques and skills required to combat trafficking and pass on the skills acquired to their colleagues.
- To foster collaboration with other Security Organizations NGOs and other stakeholders.
COLLABORATORS
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
UNHCR, Ghana Refugee Board
Ministry Of Woman And Children’s Affairs (MOWAC)
Department Of Social Welfare
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Police (INTERPOL)
Custom Excise And Preventive Service (CEPS)
NGOs – Rescue Foundation, International Needs, African Centre For Human Development and others.
THE MIGRATION INFORMATION BUREAU
Was set up in July 2006
OBJECTIVE
- To curb illegal migration and promote legal migration through the gathering and dissemination of information on migration.
In collaboration with the
International Organization on Migration (IOM), the Ministries of Interior,
Foreign Affairs and NEPAD, Information and National Orientation, an information
campaign was launched.
It is a programme co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP).
CAMPAIGN TOOLS
Radio programmes
Television discussions and talk shows
Lectures on University Campuses
Outreach programmes in migration prone communities
Sponsors and collaborators
- UNDP, ILO, IOM.
THE REFUGEE DESK
The Refugee Desk was set up in May 2005
OBJECTIVES
- To provide protection for refugees
- To seek permanent solution for problems of refugees
FUNCTIONS, DURABLE SOLUTIONS (performed in collaboration with United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR)
- Voluntary Repatriation
- Local Integration
- Resettlement
- Emergency Resettlement Procedures
ACTIVITIES
Coordinates with UNHCR in screening and
registration of asylum seekers
Conducts refugee status determination interviews