Ghana agrees to accept Western Africans deported from us

Ghana became the last country that took people deported from the United States as part of its campaign against undocumented migrants.

President John Maham said citizens of different West African countries will now be adopted after a bilateral agreement with the United States. He said 14 had already arrived.

He cited the Free Movement Protocol of the Regional Block Ecowas, which allows citizens of the member states to enter and reside in other countries of West Africa without a visa.

Last month, the United States deported seven migrants to Rwanda, while the previous month was sent to Eswatin and eight others to South Sudan.

14 people who have already deported to Ghana include “several” Nigerians and Gambians, the president said. He did not indicate the total number of deported countries.

He said Ghana had already facilitated the return of Nigerians back to his country by the bus, and the Gambian was still helping to return to their country.

“We were addressed to accept other citizens who were removed from the US. And we agreed with them that West African citizens were acceptable,” Maham said.

“All our colleagues do not need visas to come to our country,” he added.

Maham called Gana-Zash’s relationship as “tightening”, citing hiking in the United States tariffs for honored goods and visa restrictions on their citizens. However, he said the relationship remains positive.

The Trump administration has addressed a number of African countries to accept deported as part of its pressure before immigration.

Some of these deported were citizens of countries such as Jamaica, Vietnam and Laos, and the right groups claim that this violated their fundamental rights.

Some countries have pushed off the deportation strategy.

Nigeria, who was a vocal opponent, had previously stated that he would not bow to the pressure to accept the prisoners from the United States.