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Asylum request

Isaac KaledzJuly 11, 2014

State officials and religious leaders in Ghana can't believe 200 of their compatriots applied for asylum in Brazil after watching part of the World Cup. The government called allegations of religious violence outrageous.

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Ghana fans arrive before the Group G match between Portugal and Ghana at Estadio Nacional on June 26, 2014 in Brasilia, Brazil Photo by Celso Junior/Getty Images
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Ghanaian authorities have expressed outrage at some 200 Ghanaians seeking asylum in Brazil after the Black Stars of Ghana were eliminated from the ongoing FIFA World Cup. The Ghanaians seeking asylum have claimed they were fleeing religious conflict in their home country.

But the government of Ghana has denied the claims and launched investigations into the matter which it deems an embarrassment to Ghana. DW correspondent in Accra, Isaac Kaledzi also reports that Muslim clerics and ordinary Ghanaians are equally unhappy with asylum-seekers.