{"id":77388,"date":"2025-09-11T14:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/ghana-to-accept-west-african-immigrants-deported-by-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:22:32","slug":"ghana-to-accept-west-african-immigrants-deported-by-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/ghana-to-accept-west-african-immigrants-deported-by-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to accept West African immigrants deported by the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, announced that the country has agreed to receive West African immigrants deported from the United States and announced that they have already received a first group of 14 people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were approached to accept third country nationals who were being expelled from the United States and we agreed with them that West African nationals were acceptable,&#8221; the president said during a press conference late Wednesday. &#8220;All our West African compatriots do not need a visa to come to our country,&#8221; added John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<h2>Ghana receives first group of deportees<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77360\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77360\" src=\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ghana-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana\" width=\"1200\" height=\"879\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Screenshot from Reuters X Account.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first group of 14 deportees, mostly Nigerians &#8211; plus one Gambian and one Ghanaian &#8211; has already arrived in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>They requested to return to their respective countries, for which the Ghanaian government provided them with transportation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they bring back our West African colleagues, we have no problem accepting them,&#8221; Mahama reaffirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The President recalled that the agreement to receive African citizens is part of a free movement protocol of the Economic Community of West African States<a href=\"https:\/\/ustr.gov\/countries-regions\/africa\/regional-economic-communities-rec\/economic-community-west-african-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(ECOWAS<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It allows citizens of the twelve member states to enter and reside in other countries in the region without a visa for up to 90 days.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump pushes for express deportations<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has contacted some African governments to convince them to accept deportees.<\/p>\n<p>This as part of his immigration policies, which included mass expulsions as one of his main electoral promises.<\/p>\n<p>After the U.S. Supreme Court authorized deportations to third countries last June, Washington resumed deportation flights.<\/p>\n<p>These have so far transported migrants in an express manner to different countries, including several in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qu\u00e9Onnda.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, announced that the country has agreed to receive West African immigrants deported from the United States and announced that they have already received a first group of 14 people. &#8220;We were approached to accept third country nationals who were being expelled from the United States and we agreed 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