Ghana Don Agree To Receive 40 More West Africans Wey US Don Deport

Ghana go receive another 40 West Africans wey US deport for the next few days, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa talk so, after government talk say dem don reach agreement with Washington last week. Deport people go third countries instead of their own country na one thing US President Donald Trump sabi do well for im crackdown on people wey no get proper papers, especially as dem dey send plenty people go one bad prison for El Salvador. Ghana President John Mahama announce last week say dem don send 14 deportees from di region go the country, and dis one make people dey ask where dem dey now, plus political opposition begin dey push back. “On humanitarian grounds, pan-African solidarity, make we accept our fellow West Africans. And make we show say Ghana na your home,” Ablakwa talk to Ghanaian broadcaster Channel 1 TV late Wednesday. E talk say di deportees wey dem check well before dem land, dem go allow dem stay for Ghana small time, based on di regional visa-free travel rules, or dem fit go back their own countries. Ghana government don talk before say plenty of di deported West Africans don already return their own countries, but lawyers for US talk say some of dem still dey hold for military detention for Ghana under “cruel conditions.”

Five Nigerians and Gambians wey US deport come Ghana, dem lawyers talk say immigration authorities for US grant dem protection from deportation, for statement wey dem release on Tuesday. If dem go back their own countries, dem fit face “torture, persecution, or death,” talk Lee Gelernt from American Civil Liberties Union. For one move wey never happen before, Trump don oversee how dem deport hundreds of people go Panama, including some wey dem send comot before dem fit finish process their asylum applications. Hundreds don also dey send go El Salvador, as US government use one law wey come from 18th century take remove people wey dem accuse say na Venezuelan gang members. Some dem still send, even though US judges don order di planes wey dey carry dem make dem turn back. Di deportation agreement with Ghana come at di same time wey Washington don increase tariffs on Ghanaian goods and also restrict visa wey dem dey give Ghana nationals.