Hustle Till Infinity! Brazil Grants Asylum To Over 200 Ghanaian Football Fans
More than 200 Ghanian supporters who applied for asylum in
Brazil after the 2014 World Cup have been granted one-year stay under
the reported pretext of a religious conflict in the West African state.
Ghana’s Sports Ministry is yet to get a response from the findings
expected to be made through investigations to be carried out by the
Ghanaian embassy in Brazil.
The asylum seekers have however been granted an initial one-year
permit by Brazilian authorities to stay and work in their country.
Some of the supporters have even filtered into neighboring countries;
Argentina and Ecuador with others making their way north to the USA.
“We didn’t tell Brazilian authorities that there was conflict in
Ghana and for that they should grant us asylum,” one of the granted
asylum seekers Hamidu Ahmed told Asempa FM.
“Each and every one of us came here with his own reason which is definitely not a conflict situation.
“We have received our papers and some of us have already started
working. Some of us work in industries and others work in the
construction sector.
“Some have however left into neighboring Argentina, Ecuador and the likes. Others are also traveling by road to the USA”.