DAKAR, Senegal– At the very least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being kept in the West African country, the refugees and their lawyers informed The Associated Continue Wednesday, opposing cases from Ghanaian authorities that the refugees have actually been sent out to their home nations.
3 of the refugees spoke with AP of the “dreadful” problems under which they are being held at the Bundase armed forces camp on the borders of the funding, Accra. They stated the 11 refugees still in Ghana consist of 4 Nigerians, 3 Togolese, 2 Malians and one each from Gambia and Liberia.
A group of 14 immigrants was initial deported by the united state to Ghana on Sept. 6, the refugees stated, talking with AP on the phone on the problem of privacy for anxiety of their security. The AP can not separately confirm their present place.
At the very least among the 14 has actually gone back to Gambia, his home nation, according to his legal representative and united state court filings. 2 others are thought to have actually been sent out to their home nation of Nigeria, the Gambian stated in a statement submitted in court. He stated the 3 of them were divided from the remainder upon their arrival at the flight terminal in Accra.
The cases of the refugees that they are still being kept in Ghana negate that of Ghana’s governmental representative Felix Kwakye Ofosu, that on Tuesday told AP that all 14 refugees had actually been sent out to their home nations. The Ghanaian federal government formerly stated the 14 refugees were all Nigerian besides one Gambian.
Ofosu did not right away react to AP’s query on Wednesday.
The complication bordering the expulsions mirrors the excessive rate at which the Trump management has actually continued with its migration concerns, which attorneys state has actually come with the price of immigrants’ lawful civil liberties and occasionally places their security in jeopardy.
In meetings with AP, the refugees stated they were not informed by united state authorities why they were being deported. They stated several of them had actually currently invested in between 7 months to a year in united state apprehension which some had actually won their migration situations. The AP can not separately confirm their court documents.
They likewise told a harsh expulsion procedure throughout which several of them were cuffed and placed in a straitjacket on their trip to Ghana.
” A few of us are getting ill and have jungle fever because of poor water and poor food,” among the refugees stated of their problem at the armed forces camp where they stated they are being held, recognizing himself as a Nigerian that had actually stayed in the united state for 12 years.
” They stated absolutely nothing. No one stated anything regarding why they are deporting me or where they were sending me,” stated the Togolese amongst them, 28.
united state attorneys said in court that the expulsions to Ghana were an effort by the Trump management to escape united state migration legislations that stop several of the guys with lawful securities from being gone back to their home nations where their health can be in jeopardy. A united state court stated regardless of the lawful securities, her “hands are linked” once the travelers remain in Ghana.
Meredyth Yoon, legal representative that stands for 4 of the refugees that continue to be in Ghana and lawsuits supervisor at the Oriental Americans Progressing Justice, informed AP that her customers’ security goes to danger.
” They hesitate that the factor the Ghanaian federal government is urging that they are not in the nation is due to the fact that they hesitate something will certainly take place to them,” stated Yoon.
The Trump management’s expulsion program has actually encountered prevalent objection from civils rights specialists that point out worldwide securities for asylum-seekers and concern whether immigrants will certainly be suitably evaluated prior to being deported.
Migration and Traditions Enforcement and its moms and dad company Division of Homeland Safety and security did not right away react Wednesday to an ask for remark.
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Adetayo reported from Lagos, Nigeria.
