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*In 1874, Great Britain established control over some parts of the country, assigning these areas the status of''' British Gold Coast'''. | *In 1874, Great Britain established control over some parts of the country, assigning these areas the status of''' British Gold Coast'''. | ||
*On 1 July 1960, following the Ghanaian constitutional referendum and Ghanaian presidential election, Ghana became an independent republic. <ref>"Ghana", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana, accessed 23 July 2021.</ref> | *On 1 July 1960, following the Ghanaian constitutional referendum and Ghanaian presidential election, Ghana became an independent republic. <ref>"Ghana", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana, accessed 23 July 2021.</ref> | ||
===Skilled Worker Immigration=== | |||
*Ghana has a skilled worker immigration policy aimed at creating a highly skilled and knowledgeable Ghanaian population, capable of creating wealth for Ghana and rapidly increasing the Ghanaian economy GDP output. Ghana has recruited highly skilled professional experts in the fields of information and communications technology, manufacturing, health care, construction, finance and banking, retailing and the oil and gas industry sectors of the Ghanaian economy. | |||
*Skilled worker immigrants in Ghana include '''Indian, South Korean, Japanese, Malaysian, Cuban, Lebanese, Chinese, German and Dutch nationals'''. | |||
*After seven years as Ghanaian permanent residents, skilled workers have gone on to become Ghanaian nationals. Since 2012, Ghana has also had its highly professional skilled worker expatriates returning from the diaspora back to Ghana. | |||
==Emigration From Ghana== | ==Emigration From Ghana== | ||