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The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI) Mr. Samuel Basintale Amadu has lauded the Africa Frontex Intelligence Community (AFIC) for its pivotal role in promoting intelligence led border management.
A statement signed by Maud Anima Quainoo, Deputy Commissioner of Immigration and copied the Ghana News Agency in Accra said he gave the commendation, when Ghana hosted the 2025 AFIC Plenary Workshop in Accra to commemorate the group’s 15th anniversary.
The three-day plenary workshop, brought together delegates from AFIC member states, representatives of the European Union, Frontex, Ghana’s national security architecture and other international partners to review emerging trends in migration management in the sub-region and cross-border crimes.
The CGI Basintale Amadu expressed Ghana’s appreciation to Frontex for its sustained technical support to African border agencies, including the establishment of a Risk Analysis Cell (RAC) in Ghana, capacity-building in risk analysis and the deployment of secure information-sharing platforms.
He noted that the investments had strengthened Ghana’s analytical capabilities, improved operational readiness at the borders and positioned the country as an active contributor to regional security dialogue.
He highlighted recent AFIC assessments which showed a decline in irregular migration along parts of the Western African route due to tighter inland controls, even as criminal networks adapt and intensify smuggling activities along other corridors in North and West Africa].
He warned of rising document fraud, trafficking in persons, illicit commodity smuggling and cyber-enabled recruitment targeting vulnerable populations, stressing that these complex, transnational threats required coordinated, intelligence-driven responses
Reaffirming Ghana’s commitment to regional security cooperation, CGI Basintale pledged that the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) will continue to enhance its analytical capacity and deepen cross-border intelligence coordination through the RAC in Accra.
Executive Director of Frontex, Hans Leytens, who gave a keynote address to participants via video expressed excitement that deliberations for the next three days would yield desired practical recommendations to strengthen joint risks analysis operational collaborations for border security agencies.
Ms Anna Polak, the Head of Analysis Unit in EIBM Intelligence Division at Frontex also shared some insights on key issues and topics to be discussed for the duration of the meeting.
Marking AFIC’s 15th anniversary, the Accra plenary is dedicated to reflecting on the community’s progress, reviewing emerging security trends and strengthening information sharing mechanisms among member states Delegates will also work to refine AFIC’s strategic vision and joint analytical products to better anticipate, prevent and respond to evolving border threats across the continent.
The meeting forms part of AFIC’s ongoing efforts, since its establishment in 2010, to provide a framework for knowledge and intelligence sharing between Frontex and African border authorities in tackling irregular migration, people smuggling, trafficking and other transnational crimes.
