Ghana brings home 6,936 citizens in distress abroad since 2025 – Ablakwa
The figure includes 1,964 people recently evacuated from South Africa and 4,972 others repatriated from countries including Libya, Cambodia and Kuwait.
Ghana has repatriated or evacuated 6,936 citizens facing difficult circumstances abroad since 2025, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said.
The total includes 1,964 Ghanaians recently evacuated from South Africa and another 4,972 brought home from several countries with the support of international partners.
Mr Ablakwa disclosed the figures in a social media post on Tuesday, September 8, following a media briefing a day earlier.
“At my media briefing yesterday, I also disclosed that, working with our partners since 2025 to date, we have repatriated 4,972 Ghanaians in distress from multiple countries, including Libya, Cambodia and Kuwait,” he said.
“If you add the recent evacuations from South Africa of 1,964 Ghanaians, we have cumulatively brought back home 6,936 of our compatriots.”
The minister did not provide a complete breakdown showing how many people were repatriated from each country or the specific circumstances that led to all the operations.
However, he said the interventions formed part of the government’s commitment to protecting Ghanaian citizens wherever they live or travel.
“We shall always rise to the challenge and protect the dignity and welfare of Ghanaians everywhere in the world,” Mr Ablakwa said.
“A Ghanaian under threat amounts to all of us under threat.”
Repatriation operations typically require coordination between Ghana’s diplomatic missions, the authorities of host countries and international partners. The minister did not identify the partners involved in the operations or disclose their cost.
The government’s figures indicate the scale of recent consular interventions involving Ghanaians experiencing difficult conditions overseas.
Further details are expected to establish the countries from which the remaining citizens were repatriated, the reasons behind the operations and the arrangements made for their resettlement after returning home.