by  16.2  percent  across  board,  with  an  additional  flat  amount  of  GH  ¢4.93  for  every  SSNIT  pensioner.     The  overall  increase  in  pension  is  based  on  the  average  increase  in  the  salaries  of  active  contributions  to   the  SSNIT  scheme  in  2008.  This  review  is  expected  to  take  effect  in  January  2009  and  apply  to   Pensioners,  who  are  on  the  Pension  payroll  as  at  31st  December,  2003.     The  new  minimum  Pension  for  2009  would  be  GH¢26.00,  an  increase  of  17.6  percent,  which  would  be   making  the  current  minimum  Pension  for  new  Pensioners  at  GH¢22.00.       3.26        Rights  of  refugees   The  Ghana  Refugee  Law  of  1992  gives  effect  to  the  United  Nations  Convention  Relating  to  the   Status  of  Refugees  of  1951  and  its  1967  Protocol,  as  well  as  the  OAU  Convention  Governing  the   Specific   Aspects   of   Refugee   Problems   in   Africa   of   1969.     The   law   of   Ghana   incorporates   the   broadened  refugee  definition  found  in  the  OAU  Convention.3       At  the  end  of  2004,  Ghana  was  host  to  48,063  persons  of  concern  to  UNHCR,  more  than  40,000   of   whom   are   Liberian   refugees   residing   in   the   Buduburam   refugee   settlement.   The   active   population   size   remained   stable   in   2004   as   opposed   to   increasing   for   the   first   time   in   many   years.   With   generally   intensified   efforts   to   find   durable   solutions   for   refugees   in   Ghana   and   most   particularly   the   acceleration   of   voluntary   repatriation   for   Liberian   Refugees   as   a   pivotal   component  of  UNHCR  operations  in  Ghana,  this  trend  will  continue  towards  a  sizable  decrease   in  the  refugee  population  over  the  next  few  years.    In  2007,  the  number  of  refugees  and  asylum  seekers  in  Ghana  numbered  50,500,  with  36,700   of  them  coming  from  Liberia  and  12,200  from  Togo.    There  were  100  new  asylum  seekers  in  the   year,  and  11,600  departures  from  the  country.4    However,  in  2008  there  were  48,500  refugees   and   asylum   seekers   in   Ghana,   with   28   000   coming   from   Liberia   and   12,200   from   Togo.5     It   is   therefore  evident  that  while  the  number  of  refugees  from  Togo  remained  stable,  there  was  a   large  decrease  in  the  number  of  Liberians  in  Ghana.                                                                                                                                 7 8 9 3 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/ (accessed 25 September 2008). http://www.refugees.org/countryreports.aspx?id=1998 (accessed 1 October 2008). 5 http://www.refugees.org/countryreports.aspx?id=1998 (accessed 1 October 2008). 4 60