3,200 Burkinabe asylum applicants have been registered in the nation, according to the Ghana Refugee Board (GRB).
About 8,000 asylum seekers are being accommodated throughout the nation, including those in the two upper regions.
According to Tetteh Padi, the GRB's executive secretary, who revealed this information to the Daily Graphic, there may be more Burkinabe asylum applicants than the 3,200 who have registered with the board.
The remaining individuals, he claimed, were making do with friends, good Samaritans, and other relatives who had moved to Ghana.
The Burkinabes living in the Upper Region are now the subject of attention. There are more than the 3,200 we've registered, he added, noting that registration was still happening.
Influx
The interview was a follow-up to the UNHCR's notice to the GRB earlier this year after the organisation evaluated the worrisome flow of asylum seekers from Burkina Faso who had fled to Ghana as a result of terrorist acts.
Some residents of settlements in the Upper East, Upper West, and Savannah areas were terrified by their presence.
The registration is the result of a February meeting between the UNHCR, the Ministry of the Interior, the GRB, and other stakeholders to discuss a contingency plan to assist and support the asylum seekers.
According to Mr. Padi, the board worked with the appropriate organisations to do thorough background checks before registering them.
We don't even begin registering until we have permission from the security authorities, in fact. So, he continued, "we are coordinating closely with the security personnel.
"As GRB, we are very mindful of the fact that there could be some unwanted elements who would want to take advantage of the situation, so we are not taking anything for granted at all," he insisted.
Mr. Padi reassured the populace that the GRB did not just accept and accommodate everyone since they had undergone a stringent screening process.
He said that the GRB and the security services had been enlightening the locals about the types of people they encountered in their neighbourhoods by emphasising the phrase "If you see something, say something."
The Executive Secretary of GRB observed that the influx of people was not overwhelming and that it was controllable. It wasn't until there were roughly 1,000 people crossing each day that it started to pose some difficulties.
District legislatures and the regional government, according to Mr. Padi, have been quite cooperative with the GRB thus far.
Centre
According to the GRB Executive Secretary, an asylum seeker processing complex is being built for them to occupy.
According to Mr. Padi, who added that the facility was to be completed by the end of the next week, "We are setting up a reception centre, and so very soon we would move all of them there."