According to the German Newspaper (Berliner Zeitung), as three German police officers from the German Regional Criminal Department in Berlin tried to deport a 30-year-old to Ghana they were arrested and had to give their passports to the Airport Police in Accra-Ghana.

They were denied food and drink as well as telephone call to the German Embassy in Accra.

For the three officials, a commissioner, superintendent and chief superintendent of Division 6 of the Regional Criminal Department in Berlin, it was a normal official duty. On 17th February this year Emmanuel M. was picked up by the officers from detention in Berlin K?penick and took the detainee to the airport Tegel in Berlin. At 8:55 German local time they flew with the Dutch airline KLM to Amsterdam and then to Ghana. When the plane landed at 19 O'clock in Accra, the Berlin police officers were already expected by the local airport police, but they (Ghana Police) rendered no assistance to the German Police but rather took the the Passports from the Berlin police officers away. It took almost 1 hour before the German Authorities in Germany were informed by the Ghana (Airport) police.

The Airport Police commander in Accra told the three officers that their prisoner had claimed not to be a citizen of Ghana, but coming from Liberia. Officials from Berlin tried without success to explain the matter to the airport commander that the Embassy of Ghana in Germany issued a Ghana Passport to Emmanuel M. and he himself told several detainees including the German authorities that he was from Ghana. This evidence from Berlin were not accepted by the Airport Police commander.

Some hours later around 20.30 O'clock one of the three German police officers tried to contact the captain of the airline KLM but was in vain. The Dutchman could not help the German police. They were not allowed to leave the country. Even as the German policemen then decided to take Emmanuel M. back to Germany the Ghanaian police rejected, not even the German Embassy in Accra could convince the police at the Ghana Airport.

They request for a hotel but the police in Ghana rejected. Instead, the officials were allowed to take on metal chairs. To eat and drink there was nothing. Several Ghanaian people insulted the German police officers as Nazis.

With a little effort and money the German Police were able to organize a phone card. But the first call for help from the German embassy failed because it was very late and everyone was asleep. Five hours later it became possible for the Germans to establish contact with the diplomatic mission of the Federal Republic of Germany. It took some more hours again before they could get help from two federal border guards with diplomatic status who were sent straight away from Germany to Accra Airport.

After waiting for a period of 16 hours the German officials were then allowed to get a hotel where they could find something to drink and eat.

Eight hours later, the decision of the authorities in Ghana: all of them have to go back to Berlin, the three officials and the black African Emmanuel M. who was supposed to be deported to Ghana.

Two days the three German policemen and Emanuel M. came back to Berlin-Tegel where he is currently detained in (Berlin-K?penick) prison. His case is still pending for the decision of the German immigration authorities.

I feel sorry for Emmanuel M.

Abrantie:


I feel sorry for Emmanuel M.

Why do u feel sorry for him? The police in Ghana can only go by what he told them. He got what he wanted which is to go back to Germany.

I meant he's dead when he gets back to Germany. Well, this happened Feb 17th so he must still be in jail but alive.

Abrantie:

I meant he's dead when he gets back to Germany. Well, this happened Feb 17th so must still be in jail but alive.

He knew what he is doing, he doesn't want to go back to Ghana, the German govt can't hold him for ever and can't deport him to any country that refuses to accept him as their citizen.

I thought the normal procedure is just to put him on flight alone.

dell_net:

I thought the normal procedure is just to put him on flight alone.

The airline will not accept that, he has to be accompanied and hand-over to the immigration authority in his home country, paper signed and documented.

The real question is why did the Ghana Embassy in Germany issue him a passport if he wasn't Ghanaian? The nationality issue could have been sorted out before anyone boarded a plane. Why didn't the detainee just say he wasn't Ghanaian if he really wanted to remain in Germany, and save himself a long, unnecessary and stressful journey? Also, I think three officers was a bit much to escort one handcuffed and unarmed deportee.

He knew what he is doing, he doesn't want to go back to Ghana, the German govt can't hold him for ever and can't deport him to any country that refuses to accept him as their citizen.

That's a plausible explanation, except I find it had to believe he took a wild gamble hoping when he arrives in Ghana, and changes his nationality by mouth, the Ghana authorities will just put him back on the plane to Germany. If that was his plan all along, then he's a genius and that was a heck of a gamble.

Abrantie:

The real question is why did the Ghana Embassy in Germany issue him a passport if he wasn't Ghanaian? The nationality issue could have been sorted out before anyone boarded a plane. Why didn't the detainee just say he wasn't Ghanaian if he really wanted to remain in Germany, and save himself a long, unnecessary and stressful journey? Also, I think three officers was a bit much to escort one handcuffed and unarmed deportee.

That's a plausible explanation, except I find it had to believe he took a wild gamble hoping when he arrives in Ghana, and changes his nationality by mouth, the Ghana authorities will just put him back on the plane to Germany. If that was his plan all along, then he's a genius and that was a heck of a gamble.

We don't know what he told the Ghanaian govt at the airport that prompted their action to refuse him as a Ghanaian. He probably doesn't have a passport but TC and can easily accuse the German authority of forcing him to get one and claim to be a Ghanaian.

how can German police deport someone without passport maybe the deportee was issued Tc and Tc is not a proof of nationality  but passport  is a proof of nationality.
so if  German police officers don't have deportee passport then police in Ghana had the right to send them back, if they had deportee passport it would have been very difficult to deny him as their citizen and who knows the guy might not really come from Ghana[ no proof]

At least they have a Police force in Ghana. This wouldn't happen in Nigeria.

Abrantie:


According to the German Newspaper (Berliner Zeitung), as three German police officers from the German Regional Criminal Department in Berlin tried to deport a 30-year-old to Ghana they were arrested and had to give their passports to the Airport Police in Accra-Ghana.

They were denied food and drink as well as telephone call to the German Embassy in Accra.

For the three officials, a commissioner, superintendent and chief superintendent of Division 6 of the Regional Criminal Department in Berlin, it was a normal official duty. On 17th February this year Emmanuel M. was picked up by the officers from detention in Berlin K?penick and took the detainee to the airport Tegel in Berlin. At 8:55 German local time they flew with the Dutch airline KLM to Amsterdam and then to Ghana. When the plane landed at 19 O'clock in Accra, the Berlin police officers were already expected by the local airport police, but they (Ghana Police) rendered no assistance to the German Police but rather took the the Passports from the Berlin police officers away. It took almost 1 hour before the German Authorities in Germany were informed by the Ghana (Airport) police.

The Airport Police commander in Accra told the three officers that their prisoner had claimed not to be a citizen of Ghana, but coming from Liberia. Officials from Berlin tried without success to explain the matter to the airport commander that the Embassy of Ghana in Germany issued a Ghana Passport to Emmanuel M. and he himself told several detainees including the German authorities that he was from Ghana. This evidence from Berlin were not accepted by the Airport Police commander.
Some hours later around 20.30 O'clock one of the three German police officers tried to contact the captain of the airline KLM but was in vain. The Dutchman could not help the German police. They were not allowed to leave the country. Even as the German policemen then decided to take Emmanuel M. back to Germany the Ghanaian police rejected, not even the German Embassy in Accra could convince the police at the Ghana Airport.[/b]They request for a hotel but the police in Ghana rejected. Instead, the officials were allowed to take on metal chairs. To eat and drink there was nothing. Several Ghanaian people insulted the [b]German police officers as Nazis.

With a little effort and money the German Police were able to organize a phone card. But the first call for help from the German embassy failed because it was very late and everyone was asleep. Five hours later it became possible for the Germans to establish contact with the diplomatic mission of the Federal Republic of Germany. It took some more hours again before they could get help from two federal border guards with diplomatic status who were sent straight away from Germany to Accra Airport.

After waiting for a period of 16 hours the German officials were then allowed to get a hotel where they could find something to drink and eat.

Eight hours later, the decision of the authorities in Ghana: all of them have to go back to Berlin, the three officials and the black African Emmanuel M. who was supposed to be deported to Ghana.

Two days the three German policemen and Emanuel M. came back to Berlin-Tegel where he is currently detained in (Berlin-K?penick) prison. His case is still pending for the decision of the German immigration authorities.

I hail the strength of character of the Ghanians.