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The Plight of Liberian Refugees in Ghana
By: brcinternational
Posted: May 17 08
Witnessed: 4361 times
Regions: Ghana, Liberia
Issues: Detention, Refugees
On February 19, 2008, in light of the perceived lack of options to progress from their protracted refugee situations, a group of several hundred LIberian women began a peaceful protest to call for additional assistance from the UNHCR on the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana.
The UNHCR, the Government of Ghana, and the protesting refugees were unable to reach a compromise and on March 17, 2008, before dawn, the Ghanaian authorities arrived en masse to arrest over six hundred of these women and some children. They remained in detention for two weeks without being brought to court.
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