Germans die in the streets of Ghana: The country is full of illegal German migrants
Germany was never the colonial master of Ghana but of Togo, Namibia, Tanzania and Cameroon. Yet 80% of all black Africans in Germany, 100.000 of whom are 40,000 in Hamburg, are Ghanaians, and many more are of Ghanaian descent, with undisclosed figures of illegal Ghanaian migrants. Illegal Ghanaian migrants like late Daddy Lumba or Joyce Mensah (former HIV Ambassador of Ghana) receive social benefits from Germany. Ghana is not a country with civil war, torture, death sentences, or violation of Freedom of Speech under the articles of the UN Human Rights Charta.
Are Ghanaians madly in love with Germans or the German lifeclass and opportunities to make a good living in search of greener pastures? Political parties like AfD Alternative für Deutschland, right-wing, demand that Germany should strictly send foreign nationals back to their country. The immigration crisis in the upcoming local state elections will see the AfD ruling over one or two German states. Many Germans feel reminded of Nazi Germany by the rhetoric used by Alice Weidel, flagbearer of the AfD. She is married in Switzerland to her wife with two adopted children. The political landscape has shifted into unwanted political territory caused by illegal migrants, many of whom are from Africa and Ghanaian citizens. Common honest Germans see the political landscape in Germany with great concern.
They look to where the problem comes from: Ghana. Germans ask each other how many Germans live in Ghana legally and illegally and how much social benefits each of them receives from the state of Ghana. They wonder that Germany in 2023 signed a contract with Ghana to transfer € 123,6 Mio. in financial support to this West African country, yet still witnessing the numbers of illegal Ghanaians in Germany do not drop, nor are well-established Ghanaians motivated to return.
The same Germans wonder what Ghanaians would say and do if 100.000 Germans came to their country and some asked for social welfare. Would they refuse financial support and heavily criticise German governments for failing their people? Yet, some Ghanaians, when reading and hearing the white man criticise the causes in Ghana which trigger legal and illegal migrations to Germany, mark this as racism and unjustified comments. They do not accept that a German has to protect his country from unwanted negative developments that come from outsiders who chop taxpayers' money for free and change the political landscape into uncharted new dangerous political territory.
Ghana and Africa do not need to sell their minerals nor at cheap cost, as no European army comes there to take them by force. The market price is determined by the seller and the buyer. When politicians sell it for cheap, Africans voted for them, not Germans!
I overheard a conversation lately: Germany should send 100.000 longtime unemployed Germans to Ghana, as the taste is in the pudding. As they would not get any social benefits from the state of Ghana, these people would die in the streets of mother Ghana.
NB: Ghanaians arrive in Germany as legal or illegal migrants/workers/spouses. Illegal migrants get legal residence or citizenship through, e.g., marriage (Daddy Lumba) or by delivering a baby (Joyce Mensah). After 3 or 5 years, they can apply for German citizenship based on certain requirements. Ghanaians with dual or single German citizenship are employed, self-employed or even politicians in the parliaments of Germany. There is no official statistic on how many Ghanaians in Germany are legal or illegal in the country or came illegally and made their status legal. When legally permitted, they are entitled to German social benefits. When claiming asylum status (on which ground?) Germany must provide accommodation, healthcare and living expenses for them. Any German in Ghana, legal, illegal or asylum seeker, is not entitled to any social benefits from the state of Ghana; no accommodation, health care or living expenses are provided.
PD Dipl.-Pol. Karl-Heinz Heerde (Political Scientist and Historian, Hamburg University 1980-1985), married to Alberta Heerde born Mensah, Ashanti from Kumasi with Ewe roots from Volta Region, Ghana, Entrepreneur and Author of several novels, the new constitution draft for Ghana and various Articles.
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