West African nationals deported by U.S. to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries

Accra, Ghana – A group of West Africans deported from the United States Ghana All of this was sent to the homelands of Nigeria and the Gambia, a Ghana government spokesman told the Associated Press on Monday.

authorities Ghana Defend those who accept expelled on humanitarian grounds. Deportees, including 13 Nigerians and one Gambian, “has left the country since then”, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Ghana’s The government’s communications secretary told the Associated Press.

At a press conference in the Accra capital on Monday, Ghana’s Foreign Secretary Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa rejected criticism that the decision was a recognition of U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, saying Ghana Those who receive deportation from third countries are “purely based on humanitarian principles.”

U.S. federal judge has ordered U.S. government to give details on how Saturday night’s attempts ensure Ghana Immigration will not be sent elsewhere for violating domestic court orders. Government reaches an agreement with so-called third countries Ghana is part of a full-scale immigration repression attempting to deport millions of people living in the United States illegally.

A U.S. lawsuit filed on behalf of some immigrants says they were detained for 16 hours in a plane they were flying to. Ghana And detained for several days in “dirty conditions” after they got there.

It is not clear when they were deported Ghanabut the first news came from the government on Wednesday.

Opposition and activists Ghana Criticizing the decision to accept the deportation of a third country is against the law. Opposition MPs said this raised “serious issues of constitutional, sovereignty and foreign policy that cannot be ignored”.

14 expelled people originally came from Ghana The complaint alleges that the five West Africans who filed the lawsuit had no contact with the country or designated it as potential dismissal countries.