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As part of the MADE West Africa project, CMS issued in 2018 a report which identifies current obstacles to the full implementation of the ECOWAS Free Movement protocol in Sierra Leone and Ghana.
As part of the MADE West Africa project, CMS issued in 2018 a report which identifies current obstacles to the full implementation of the ECOWAS Free movement protocol in Sierra Leone and Ghana. It is mostly based on desktop review, thematic analysis of relevant administrative records and in-depth interviews of 63 people - selected ECOWAS migrants and officials of institutions/agencies responsible for managing migration in Ghana and Sierra Leone who have been purposively selected to represent all the department and social partners that work on migration related issues in the two countries.
The report finds out that even if both Sierra Leone and Ghana have recently formulated national level policies to govern migration, in line with the relevant ECOWAS protocols, challenges remain for their effective implantation. These key challenges include contradictions between national laws on employment and ECOWAS Free movement protocol, harassment of migrants at the borders, lack of travel documents by many migrants, and low level of knowledge about ECOWAS protocols among migrants and immigration officials.
