An eight-member team led by Kofi Totobi Quakyi, minister responsible for National Security, left Accra Wednesday for Tripoli, Libya, to assess the conditions of Ghanaians who were engulfed in the recent attacks on Black Africans by Libyans.
A source close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the mission of the team is to assess the situation with particular attention to the state of the affected Ghanaians.
Based on its findings, the team, drawn from Parliament, Ghana Immigration Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghana News Agency and the Armed Forces will be informed on whether the victims should be evacuated home or not.
The source said the Libyan government has already expressed regrets over the attacks and indicated its willingness to help in the resettlement and where necessary, evacuation.
It said the number of Ghanaians affected by the attacks has now increased to about 2,000.
The authorities have blamed the attacks, mostly on Nigerians and people from Niger, Chadians and Ghanaians, on what started as differences between Nigerian and Libyan drug gangs in the Gregarish area.
They said the disagreement heightened when the Nigerians out- manoeuvred their Libyan counterparts in a drug deal in the area noted for drug trafficking and illegal sale of alcohol.
Reports said the displaced Africans, including Ghanaians, at the security camp were living in sub-human conditions.
The overcrowded camp is said to be located on a rubbish dump, a situation that could cause an epidemic outbreak.
