Detained Chinese miners in Ghana released   

在加纳移民总局羁押的124名中国采金人员全部获释

据中国驻加纳使馆网站消息，8日，中方使馆与加纳国家安全和移民部门负责人密切协调，124名被羁押在加移民总局拘留所的采金人员全部获释。加方承诺，羁押在国家调查局监狱的45人将于10日获释。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- All 124 Chinese miners detained by the Ghana Immigration Service on charges of illegal gold mining were released Saturday.

The Ghanaian authorities also promised to release on Monday another 45 gold miners held in the prison of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), the Chinese embassy in Accra confirmed on its website Sunday.

The embassy urged all Chinese gold miners to leave the country by air as soon as possible. Chinese nationals holding passports or return air tickets are allowed to depart directly for China. Those who have lost their passports can apply for a return certificate at the embassy starting June 10.

Ghanaian authorities have promised to suspend all raids outside mining sites and to provide assistance to Chinese miners who intend to leave the country.

Since May 14, the Ghanaian government has launched a number of clean-up actions against illegal mining activities in the country.

Its law-enforcement team has targeted those behind the sale and transfer of mining permits and land to foreigners.

A total of 169 Chinese citizens suspected of illegal mining have been arrested in the clean-up as of June 6.