Attorneys representing four of the 14 West African men deported from the United States to Ghana said Monday that their clients were still stranded in Ghana and had not been repatriated, contradicting an earlier claim by a Ghanaian official that all had been returned to their respective countries.
According to a government spokesman in Accra, the 14 deportees, 13 Nigerians and one Gambian, were sent on to their home countries.
Ghanaian authorities defended their decision to temporarily receive the men, stressing it was done on humanitarian grounds.
Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa dismissed criticism that the move signaled support for former US President Donald Trump’s migration stance, insisting Ghana’s acceptance of the deportees was “purely on humanitarian grounds.”
He further clarified at a press briefing that Ghana did not receive any financial compensation from Washington for facilitating the deportation.
