US EditionUS deportees sue the Ghanaian authorities as competing claims swirl about their location
At least 11 deported immigrants remain detained at a military camp in Ghana amid conflicting official statements and concerns over their safety and legal rights.
- At least 11 of the 14 U.S. deportees to Ghana are still being held at a military camp near Accra, contradicting claims from Ghanaian authorities.
- The deportees, including nationals from Nigeria, Togo, Mali, Gambia, and Liberia, reported terrible conditions and lack of due process.
- U.S. lawyers argued the deportations violated immigration laws and put the deportees at risk in their home countries.
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Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolAt least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the United States to Ghana are still detained in that African nation, the deportees and their lawyers told The Associated Press on Wednesday, contradicting the allegations of the Ghanaian authorities that the deportees had been sent to their countries of origin.
Some U.S. deportees to Ghana say they are still held there, contradicting Ghanaian authorities
At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held in the West African nation, the deportees and their lawyers told The Associated Press on Wednesday, contradicting claims from Ghanaian authorities that the deportees have been sent to their home countries.
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Some US deportees to Ghana say they are still held there, contradicting Ghanaian authorities
At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held there, according to the deportees and their lawyers.
Following an initial complaint filed in the United States, a Ghanaian law firm also brought to justice the deportations of migrants to Ghana by the United States. In the complaint document that RFI was able to consult, three Ghanaian authorities are accused, inter alia, of violating the fundamental human rights of eleven West African nationals by unlawfully detaining them.
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