Phillip the Predictor, who is currently based in the UK, is a regular guest on SVTV Africa’s Daily Hustle Worldwide show with Dj Nyammi. In a recent discussion, he shared strong views on how travelling abroad is destroying many homes and families.
According to Phillip, many friendships and marriages collapse after people travel abroad. Even relationships that survive often turn into constant arguments and mistrust. He explained that many married couples who travel abroad focus more on money than on their families. Some leave their children behind in Ghana with relatives while sending money home, believing they are helping. However, this leaves mothers or grandparents to suffer while raising the children alone.
By the time the husband or wife abroad hears about problems at home, gossip has already spread and the situation becomes worse, often ending in divorce. In some cases, women who leave their children behind and travel abroad forget about their families completely. Meanwhile, some men who travel abroad still cheat but continue to support their families financially. This imbalance causes emotional pain and broken homes.
Phillip also pointed out that raising children requires both parents. When one parent is absent, the child grows up with emotional gaps and may develop behaviors the parents do not approve of. Some children become stubborn, rebellious, or fall into teenage pregnancy and bad company. What began as a plan to travel abroad and support the family often turns sour.
Many couples sacrifice their children’s upbringing just to enjoy “abroad money.” People focus on the money they receive but ignore how the children they left behind are being raised. This has left deep scars in many families.
He added that travelling abroad also affects marriages and personal choices. Some people marry partners they never truly wanted simply because of their immigration situation. Others abandon their spouses in Ghana because their standards change once they travel. Love is replaced by financial interest and convenience. For example, a man who preferred certain qualities in Ghana may marry someone completely different abroad just because that person was available.
Phillip further explained that many people who had close relationships with their parents could not attend their funerals because they were abroad. Some parents were buried without their children present, leaving lifelong emotional scars. Others lost their church positions and social roles back home because they could not return when needed.
He concluded by saying that society only talks about the money people make abroad but ignores the emotional, mental, and family damage it causes. Many people make wrong choices abroad, enjoy small financial success, but live with regret for the rest of their lives. Money may solve temporary problems, but after spending it, reality sets in.
Phillip warned that people in Ghana may think this does not concern them now, but time will prove otherwise. Travelling abroad has made many people live lives they never planned, marry people they never loved, and raise children in broken homes. The scars of “abrokyire” (life abroad) are real, and they must be talked about honestly, not just the money.
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