Chinese authorities will disturb you no more – Gov’t assures Ghanaians in Guangdong

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has urged all Ghanaian nationals living in China, especially Guangdong Province to remain calm and stay in touch with Ghana’s Mission in Beijing and the Consulate- General in Guangzhou in the event of any worrying development.

This comes after a meeting between the Chinese authorities and African Ambassadors convened on the back of the ill-treatment against black foreigners.

We’re sleeping on the streets – Ghanaians in Guandong lament after eviction

Chinese authorities reportedly kicked out Black foreigners from the Guangdong province following a spike in imported coronavirus cases in the country.

A Ghanaian, Mary Frempong living in Shenzhen who is distressed at the development taking place in that jurisdiction told Kasapa 102.5 FM that black foreigners have taken shelter in the streets since local police began throwing them out from their homes.

“The situation here is very sad. Landlords have been sternly warned by authorities to eject black foreigners from their flats. Just yesterday, some two Ghanaians called to inform me about this same matter as they had spend the night in the vehicle of their friend who’s a Chinese. He was kind enough to provide shelter for them in his car because he couldn’t host them in his home. We don’t know where to turn to or lay our heads. We’ve become outcast overnight. Life is really becoming difficult. You can’t enter any shop neither can you patronize any social service just because you’re a foreigner,” she told host Kweku Owusu Adjei.

But in a statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Ministry said the two parties have reached a middle-ground as the Chinese government has taken immediate steps to stop the targeting of and ill-treatment meted out to Africans, particularly Ghanaians living in the Guangdong Province.

“The Government of Ghana has taken note of this development and is keenly monitoring the situation,” the statement stressed.

Meanwhile, Ghanaian nationals have been advised to call on(+8618612081400 +8618612959040) to share concerns of further occurrences.