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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nicholas Riccardi,Chinedu Asadu and Edward Acquah

Ghana insists immigrants deported by the US have been sent home, contradicting lawyers

Migration US Ghana - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The group of 14 African immigrants deported to Ghana by the U.S. have been returned to their home countries, Ghanaian authorities reiterated on Tuesday, pushing back on claims from lawyers for the deportees who say they are still held in the West African country.

Ghana’s Minister for Government Communications and Presidential Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu reiterated the claim in an interview with the Associated Press, stating that the Gambian individual had already flown home while the remaining 13, all Nigerians, were sent home on a bus.

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