The Deputy Commissioner General for Administration of Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) Moses K. Yebleh has highlighted major feats from recent forum held in Accra, Ghana for experts in Migration.
Speaking to a team of reporters at his office in Sinkor, Commissioner Yebleh said the meeting was held in Ghana by Migration Dialogue in West Africa (MIDWA), an organization under ECOWAS.
He said the forum was comprised of experts in Migration aimed at finding solution to migration problem within the ECOWAS region which experts on migration noticed in the region that people are beset with economic problems coupled with downward trend of trade, commerce and security threat.
He said during the dialogue meeting, experts recommended few things to ECOWAS leadership.
“We recommended that come January 1, 2022, all borders in ECOWAS region should be opened because the Liberian borders were open throughout the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic,” Commissioner Yebleh said.
He indicated that experts recommended that a testing and verification COVID-19 vaccine card platform be established; noting that it will help them verify vaccine card and test result at borders and stressed that most of the citizens in ECOWAS region are complaining on different tests being taken at airports in other countries in the region during traveling.
According to him, the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) was also concerned in working with other countries in ECOWAS region to address problems that have to do with people responsible for health issues.
“We also recommended that by next January 2020, all citizens using various borders in ECOWAS region should be fully vaccinated as ECOWAS citizens because once you are not vaccinated, definitely there will be no access of passing through any borders in the region,” he said
He stated further that all border actors in the region should be vaccinated before taking assignment at border points.
Commissioner Yebleh said all recommendations from experts on migration have been forwarded to ECOWAS ministers responsible for border management, adding that they are to meet this week and act upon the recommendation from migration experts.