A total of 41 cases of sexual and gender-based violence were reported in all four refugee camps scattered in Ghana in 2016, a figure being the highest recorded so far, indicating an increase in such violence. These camps are the Fetentaa, Egyeikrom, Krishna and Ampain, the Ghana Refugees Board (GRB) has announced. The Board has noted that a total of 27 of the cases reported involved adult victims while 14 of the victims were less than 18 years, comprising 35 females and six males.

World Refugee Day is commemorated on 20 June every year, all over the world to honor the courage, strength and determination of the over 65 million individuals who have been forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution, conflict and violence.

The Honorable Minister of the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, paid a working visit to the offices of the Ghana Refugee Board on Wednesday, 14th June 2017. He was accompanied by the Honorable Deputy Minister of the Interior, Mr Henry Quartey, the Chief Director at the Minstry, Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi, the special assistant to the Minister of the Interior Mr. Bawumia as well as other high ranking officials of the Ministry.

STATEMENT ON THE GENERAL DEBATE BY DR. VINCENT KOFI ANANI, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE GHANA REFUGEE BOARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA ON MONDAY, 3RD OCTOBER, 2016.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Ghana Refugee Board, as part of preparations towards World Refugee Day, organized a workshop for representatives of some media houses in Accra on June 13, 2016. The theme of the one-day workshop was Reporting Refugee Issues and was aimed at improving media training on how to better report issues concerning refugees, and to give participants an understanding of the role of the government, UNHCR, Civil Society and other partners in the management of refugees.