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The government of Ghana has reportedly been sued over its deal to receive West African deportees from the United States (US).
According to several reports by major US outlets, including AP News, the government was sued by a Ghanaian human rights group, Democracy Hub, which is representing the latest 14 US migrants deported to Ghana.
The report by AP News indicated that the renowned Ghanaian human rights activist, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, who is the lawyer for the 14 deportees, described the government’s move as illegal.
He argued that the deportation of the US migrants to Ghana was unlawful because it lacks the approval of the country’s Parliament.
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He, therefore, asked the court to stop the deportation of the US migrants to Ghana.
“His group, Democracy Hub, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Ghana’s government, alleging that the agreement with Washington is unconstitutional because it wasn’t approved by the Ghanaian Parliament and that it may violate conventions that forbid sending people to countries where they could face persecution,” part of the report read.
Barker-Vormawor is reported to have said that the 14 West African nationals who arrived on Monday, October 13, 2025, bring the total number of US deportees accepted by the government of Ghana to 42.
The report also indicated that Ghana’s Minister of State in charge of Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, who also serves as the Spokesperson to the President, has said that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, will be defending the state in court.
Meanwhile, one of the African deportees from the United States who was received by Ghana to be repatriated to his home country has claimed that they have been abandoned in Togo.
According to a BBC report on October 1, 2025, the US deportee, who is Nigerian, accused the government of Ghana of dumping him and five other deportees in Togo.
He claimed they were told they were being transferred to better accommodation, only to find themselves stranded in a hotel in Togo.
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He alleged that a Ghanaian official illegally moved them across the border by paying bribes to security personnel, saying: “They did not take us through the main border; they took us through the back door. They paid the police there and dropped us in Togo.”
The Nigerian man said they are now struggling in Togo because they have no documentation or family in the country.
“We’re struggling to survive in Togo without any documentation. None of us has family here. We’re just stuck in a hotel. Right now, we’re just trying to survive until our lawyers can help us with this situation,” he is quoted as saying.
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