MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The Liberia Immigration Service (LIS), with support from the Justice Advocates Law Group, has agreed to begin the profiling of all Burkinabe residing in Grand Gedeh County.
Justice Advocates Law Group is a Grand Gedeh County-based non-profit organization that promotes the rule of law and land conflicts in southeastern Liberia.
The Group’s managing partner, Cllr. Alphonso Zeon said,” The LIS has already agreed to set up mobile teams that will go to hard-to-reach areas to begin the registration process.”
Cllr. Zeon told ELBC on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, that Grand Gedeh County risks experiencing major violent land conflict if nothing is done by the government to document the thousands of Burkinabes who entered the country illegally from neighboring Ivory Coast.
According to him, the growing number of undocumented Burkinabes and uncontrollable deforestation through farming have reached a crisis level between them and the residents.
