Vice President advises on evacuation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday a multi-sectoral team is being dispatched to Tripoli, Libya to carry out on-the-spot assessment of reported clashes between some Libyans and other nationals including Ghanaians in that country. In view of this, Vice President Professor John Evans Atta Mills, has directed the sector Ministry, the security agencies, immigration and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to prepare for possible evacuation of those affected, especially, women, children and the injured.

A statement issued in Accra by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the report of the assessment team would determine the action government proposes to take. It said the action follows recent reports of clashes between some Libyan nationals and nationals of Ghana, Nigeria, Niger and Chad among others.

It noted that government has actively been monitoring the situation with regard to Ghanaian migrant workers and their families in that country. As at now there are about 1,500 Ghanaians, who have fled their homes and a number of them originally sought refuge in the Ghana embassy in Tripoli.

They have all now, however, been transferred to a refugee camp in the outskirts of Tri