Ghana agrees to accept West Africans deported from US

Fourteen deportees including nationals of Nigeria and The Gambia have already arrived, President Mahama says.

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President John Mahama said nationals from various West African countries would now be taken in following a bilateral agreement with the US. He said 14 had already arrived.

He cited the regional bloc Ecowas's free movement protocol that allows citizens of member states to enter and reside in other West African countries without a visa for up to 90 days.

Last month, the US deported seven migrants to Rwanda while in July, five were sent to Eswatini and eight others to South Sudan.

The 14 people already deported to Ghana include "several" Nigerians and a Gambian, the president said. He did not specify the total number of deportees the country would take.