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West African nationals deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries
Ghana returned 14 West African deportees from the U.S. to Nigeria and Gambia, rejecting financial gain and emphasizing humanitarian and Pan-African solidarity, officials said.
- A group of 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries of Nigeria and Gambia, according to the Ghanaian government spokesman.
- Authorities in Ghana defended accepting the deportees on humanitarian grounds, but opposition and activists criticized the decision as going against the law.
- A U.S. federal judge had ordered the U.S. government to detail how it was trying to ensure Ghana would not send the immigrants elsewhere in violation of domestic U.S. court orders.
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Ghana says 14 people deported from U.S. sent to Nigeria, Gambia
Lawyers for four of 14 West African men deported by the U.S. to Ghana said Monday the men remained in that third country and had not been returned to their homes, contradicting an earlier statement by a Ghana official who said they have all been
Immigrants deported from US to Ghana are sent home, where lawyers say some could face torture
The government of Ghana said Monday a group of 14 West Africans deported to the country from the US has been sent to their home countries, places where lawyers representing some of the men say they face a risk of persecution or torture.
Accra’s decision to accept deportees ‘grounded purely on humanitarian principle and Pan-African empathy’
While Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama confirmed the arrival in his country of 14 West African migrants expelled from the United States following an agreement between Accra and Washington, five of them decided to urgently challenge the legality of their transfer to Ghana before the US courts.
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West African nationals deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries
A group of 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries of Nigeria and Gambia, a Ghanaian government spokesman said on Monday, as officials pushed back on criticism of the deportation whose legality has been questioned by lawyers of the deportees.
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The Star Kuala LumpurDecision to take deportees not an endorsement of Trump's policy, Ghana says
ACCRA - Ghana's decision to accept West Africans deported from the United States is not an endorsement of President Donald Trump's immigration policy, and the country is not receiving anything in return, the foreign minister said on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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