US EditionGhana rights group files lawsuit against government’s acceptance of US deportees
Democracy Hub challenges Ghana-US deportation deal as unconstitutional and risking migrant persecution, with 42 West Africans deported under the program since July, lawyers say.
- On Tuesday, Democracy Hub filed a lawsuit at Ghana's Supreme Court seeking to block the U.S.-Ghana deportation accord, alleging it lacks parliamentary approval and may breach protections.
- Largely secret agreements with at least five African countries underpinned the third-country deportation program, with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump targeting migrants with criminal records.
- Reports show migrants have been rerouted to Togo, with 10 deported there despite only two being Togolese, and 14 arrived Monday, raising total deportees to 42, Barker-Vormawor said.
- The government said the attorney general will defend the pact and noted Ghana also has an agreement with Uganda, though no deportations there have been announced.
- Rights groups say the program is opaque and risks denying deportees due process, with six detained in South Sudan and Rwanda withholding locations for seven deportees.
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14 West Africans deported from U.S. to Ghana amid legal challenge
A group of 14 people have become the latest West Africans deported from the U.S. to Ghana under an accord between the countries, said a lawyer whose group filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the arrangement.
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Ghana rights group files lawsuit against government's acceptance of US deportees
A rights group in Ghana has filed a lawsuit against the government seeking to block its arrangement with Washington to accept West Africans deported from the United States.
Sammi Awuku challenges NDC MP over deportees deal, insists Parliament must ratify US–Ghana arrangement
New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart Sammi Awuku has clashed with Member of Parliament for for Twifo Atti Morkwa, David Vondee over the government’s handling of the US–Ghana deportee agreement, insisting that such a deal should have been brought before Parliament for proper deliberation and ratification. Sammi Awuku expressed his surprise that the government entered into an agreement with the United States to house deportees in Ghana before onward…
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