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*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. | *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'''. | *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. | *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.<ref name="imm">"Immigration to Ghana", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Ghana, accessed 24 July 2021.</ref> | ||
===African Americans in Ghana=== | ===African Americans in Ghana=== | ||
*Ghana currently is trying to attract '''African slave descendants from the Americas'''. Thousands of African Americans are already now living in Ghana, at least for part of the year. | *Ghana currently is trying to attract '''African slave descendants from the Americas'''. Thousands of African Americans are already now living in Ghana, at least for part of the year. | ||