Ghana Begins Accepting Nigerians, Other West African Deportees From US

Ghana has started accepting West African nationals deported from the United States, including Nigerians, President John Dramani Mahama announced connected Wednesday.

According to Reuters, Mahama said a archetypal batch of 14 deportees, comprising Nigerians, a Gambian, and others — had already arrived successful Accra, with Ghanaian authorities facilitating their onward instrumentality to their respective countries.

“We were approached by the US to judge third-party nationals who were being removed from the US, and we agreed that West African nationals were acceptable due to the fact that each our chap West Africans don’t request a visa to travel to our country,” Mahama said.

He emphasised that the determination aligns with Ghana’s visa-free argumentation for West African citizens.

The statement comes amid the US’s intensified deportation efforts nether President Donald Trump, who has sought to region migrants to “third countries” arsenic portion of his hardline migration policy.

Rights groups person antecedently raised information concerns implicit akin deportations to countries specified arsenic Eswatini, South Sudan, and Rwanda.

Nigeria, by contrast, has rejected akin requests from Washington. In July, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said the authorities would not judge deportees from extracurricular Nigeria, citing nationalist information and economical considerations.

Trump hosted 5 West African leaders astatine the White House connected July 9, reportedly aiming to transportation them to judge deportees from different countries. The leaders included the Presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal.