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Accra law firm challenges Ghana-US migration deal before Supreme Court

Ghanian lawyers have filed a petition with the Supreme Court in Accra, contesting the validity of the US-Ghana migration deal. AP - Christian Thompson

Ghanaian lawyers have filed a petition before the country's highest court seeking the suspension of a bilateral migration agreement with the US. They claim the deal contradicts international treaties to which Ghana is a signatory and that since it has not been ratified by parliament, the executive is acting outside any constitutional framework.

A new group of migrants deported from the US arrived at Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Monday morning aboard a Boeing 767-200 from Baltimore, Ghanaian lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor told RFI.

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