Emmanuel Asamoah, a Ghanaian man in a viral South African xenophobia video attack, has been evacuated back home by the Government of Ghana.
In a post shared by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, wrote, “We are delighted to welcome back home from South Africa our dear compatriot, Mr Emmanuel Akowuah Asamoah.
I commend our High Commissioner to South Africa, His Excellency Benjamin Quarshie, for accompanying our brother all the way.
As we have already announced, Ghanaians who wish to be relocated back home should contact our High Commission to be assisted at the Government of Ghana’s expense.
The Mahama Administration values every Ghanaian life anywhere in the world, and we shall never abandon our citizens in distress. Your welfare remains our utmost priority.
I look forward to hosting Mr Asamoah when I return to Ghana later this week.
A warm Akwaaba to our cherished Ghanaian. It is well.
There is no place like home.
For God and Country”.
It will be recalled that the Minister for Foreign Affairs had announced that the Government of Ghana is relocating Mr Emmanuel Asamoah, who came after an unwarranted xenophobic attack.
According to Ablakwa, the Ghanaian man was legally living in South Africa.
The decision follows a viral street confrontation video from South Africa, which shows activist Victoria Africa, commonly known as Queen Vee and a group of locals questioning a Ghanaian man and other African migrants about their travel documents.
According to Victoria Africa, South Africans are tired of other African countries migrating to their country and refusing to fix their own countries.
Victoria Africa in the viral video stated, “We are fixing this continent. This thing of you guys moving from one country to another is no longer working. We don’t want this as African people anymore. We are tired of seeing African migrants moving all over the world, refusing to fix their own countries. Now we are making it very clear to you guys, we don’t want you here. We want you to fix your countries.
“You came here with a travelling document. We came with a passport. You know that you are a visitor, but you decided to come and integrate into our communities. You know very well that what you have done is wrong. We can come to Ghana and do what you do now.”
The Ghanaian man was then asked to show his passport. After he showed them the document, which was a “certified copy” of his passport, they accused him of buying it from a corrupt South African official.
Another man asked the Ghanaian man, “Who is the police officer that you are bribing to certify these things for you… Let me tell you, you know, by law, as an immigrant, you’re not allowed to certify your passport… Why do you certify your passport in a foreign land? Let’s just start there. Why do you certify your passport in a foreign land?”.
The man explained that he had a certified copy because he did not want the original one to get lost or destroyed by rain.
The South Africans kept insisting that he was in their country illegally and should leave.
The footage has triggered an intense online debate about xenophobia and migration.
See the post below:
We are delighted to welcome back home from South Africa our dear compatriot, Mr. Emmanuel Akowuah Asamoah.
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) May 5, 2026
I commend our High Commissioner to South Africa, His Excellency Benjamin Quarshie for accompanying our brother all the way.
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