Nature and Prevalence of undocumented migrants from the West African Sub region into the central region of Ghana

Abstract
Introduction
Though the West African protocol on the free movement of persons is active and operational, countries within the sub region still grapple with huge numbers of undocumented migrants. One of such countries is Ghana.
Problem
This study therefore sought to examine the characteristics of immigrants, identify the countries of origin, the motivation for coming to the central region, the nature of their activities in the central region and their integration strategies in the central region of Ghana.
Methods
The research was conducted using answered sets of questionnaire. Some in-depth interviews were also conducted. In all 150 immigrants were covered in the research by means of convenience and snowball sampling techniques.
Findings
They came to Ghana and the central region because the country is peaceful. These were usually young and active men. Their major economic activity was scrap dealers.
Recommendation
There should be a process to identify and document these migrants to enable them pay taxes and also provide essential services.