Rights of Refugees and Asylum-seekers
Togo works with international organizations to aid refugees, asylum seekers, and others. Although its laws do not provide for granting asylum or refugee status, the government has set up a system for providing such persons. As of 2010 several hundred refugees from Ghana were living in Togo.
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