6 h. ago Some US deportees to Ghana say they are still held there, contradicting Ghanaian authorities

At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held there, according to the deportees and their lawyers

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14 h. ago African nationals deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries

Ghana has sent 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to their home countries

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38 h. ago Ghana insists immigrants deported by the US have been sent home, contradicting lawyers

Ghanaian authorities insist on their claim that the group of 14 African immigrants deported to Ghana by the U.S. have been returned to their home countries

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61 h. ago West African nationals deported by US to Ghana have all been sent to their home countries

Ghana has sent 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. to their home countries, Nigeria and Gambia

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5 d. ago Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to Ghana

A lawsuit says some West Africans who were deported to Ghana were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a U.S. military plane on which all passengers were shackled and given only bread and water

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6 d. ago Ghana receives 14 West African nationals deported from the US

Ghana's President John Mahama says his country has received a group of 14 West African deportees from the United States

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4 w. ago Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate

Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former positionA Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, took in 2019 when it said its properties would not be used in cooperation with Ice.The Intercept first reported that the hotel, located on MacArthur Drive in Alexandria, Louisiana, near a major deportation hub and airport used by Ice, had been used by immigration officials earlier this month to hold a father and his teenage son for four days after their arrest in New York. They were then deported to Ecuador. The Intercept cited phone-tracking evidence that had been shared with the publication and was later seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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