US EditionWest African nationals deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries
Ghana received 14 West African nationals deported by the U.S. in early September 2025 and promptly repatriated them to Nigeria and Gambia under humanitarian and Pan-African principles.
- 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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Five people repatriated to Nigeria and Gambia, where they are sometimes threatened with persecution or torture, accuse Washington of having managed their illegal return via Accra.
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