Cape Coast, Jan. 26, GNA-A total of 132 children from fishing communities in the Central Region, who were trafficked to Gambia and Yeji last year have since returned and some reconciled with their parents in Immuna and it surrounding villages in the Mfantsiman district of the Central Region. Mr. Joseph Benle Arkhurst, Regional Director of Social Welfare, who made this known to the GNA in an interview at Cape Coast on Friday said of the number 120 were brought from Yeji while 12 with the assistance of UNICEF were brought from the Gambia. He said the Department of Social Welfare, in collaboration with the International Organization on Migration (IOM) was able to reconcile 47 of the 120 children brought from Yeji with their parents and that about 50 percent of the returnees were still attached to guardians and are in school in Immuna and surrounding communities.
Source: GhanaWeb