The Ghanaian authorities has acquired 14 US deportees from numerous West African international locations, together with Nigeria.
President John Mahama disclosed this on Wednesday whereas chatting with reporters, AP reports. He, nevertheless, didn’t disclose the precise variety of Nigerians on the checklist.
Ghana now joins Eswatini, Rwanda, and South Sudan on the checklist of African international locations which have acquired deportees from the US since President Donald Trump’s return to workplace.
In keeping with Mr Mahama, Ghana agreed to obtain West African deportees as a result of the ECOWAS protocol on free motion already permits nationals from the area to enter the nation with no visa.
“We agreed with (Washington) that West African nationals have been acceptable as a result of all our fellow West African nationals don’t want a visa to come back to our nation,” he mentioned.
He additionally famous that the deportees who arrived within the nation, together with these of Nigerian and Gambian origin, are planning to return to their residence international locations.
The US authorities has intensified its crackdown on immigrants, with Mr Trump labelling them as criminals and focusing on nationals from international locations with excessive charges of visa overstays.
The trouble is a part of his controversial pledge to hold out “the most important deportation operation in American historical past.”
Earlier within the yr, the Rwanda authorities struck a deal to simply accept 250 deportees.
“These accredited for resettlement in Rwanda might be supplied with workforce coaching, healthcare, and lodging help to jumpstart their lives in Rwanda,” the Rwandan authorities had introduced.
In the meantime, in July, the Nigerian authorities accused the US of pressuring it to simply accept Venezuelan deportees.
The federal government linked the ten per cent import tariff imposed on the nation by Mr Trump’s administration to its refusal to simply accept the deportees.
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“We can’t settle for Venezuelan deportees to Nigeria for crying out loud. We have already got 230 million individuals.
“You’ll be the identical individuals who would castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelans from US prisons to be introduced in,” he mentioned.
Other than Africa, the administration has additionally despatched deportees to many different third-world international locations corresponding to Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen.