Citizens of the Netherlands and other countries in Europe have been repatriated from Ghana to their various countries.
Though borders are closed to flights entering the country, the Information Ministry said on April 3, 2020, at a press briefing that the issue of extracting foreigners who have been stuck in Ghana due to the global response to the spread of coronavirus, will be addressed once confirmation of citizenship and residency permits arrived from their home countries.
The confirmed and extracted foreigners left on a KLM flight the same afternoon and have been safely reunited with their families according to a tweet by the Dutch Embassy.
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— NL Embassy in Ghana (@NLinGhana) April 3, 2020
A special KLM repatriation flight, arranged in cooperation with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took off from Kotoka International Airport this afternoon, bringing hundreds of Dutch and EU citizens back home to join their loved ones 🇳🇱 🇬🇭 pic.twitter.com/J9u5DZExNv
The flight which left the Kotoka International Airport, was made successful with the collaboration of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ghanaian authorities.
Other countries to have repatriated their citizens are the United States of America and the United Kingdom, which did so in March, this year.
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