US EditionGhana receives 14 West African nationals deported from the US
Ghana accepted 14 West African deportees from the US under a regional visa-free travel agreement; most have returned to their home countries, President Mahama said.
- Ghana has agreed to accept nationals from various West African countries deported from the US, with 14 people already arriving, including "several" Nigerians and a Gambian.
- President John Mahama cited the regional Ecowas bloc's free movement protocol that allows citizens to enter and reside in other West African countries without a visa.
- The Trump administration has approached a number of African countries to accept deportees as part of its push to deter immigration, but Nigeria has opposed accepting third-country prisoners from the US.
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Ghana receives 14 West African nationals deported from the US
A group of 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. arrived in Ghana, the country’s president said. The country joins Eswatini, Rwanda and South Sudan as African countries that have received migrants from third countries who were deported from the U.S., a controversial approach whose legality lawyers for the deportees have questioned.
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