Leading destinations for Ghanaian seeking asylum 2012-2018
Ghanaian individuals seeking asylum in 2018.
Germany was the country with the highest number of asylum seekers from Ghana as of 2018 (1,872 people), followed by Italy, with a count of 900 individuals. The number of people from Ghana seeking asylum in Germany, Italy, and South Africa fluctuated yearly. In 2019, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported over 12,500 Ghanaian applications around the globe which were pending status determination as of 2018. Overall, there were 17,503