Unlawful detention:11 West African deportees from US sue Ghana

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Eleven West African migrants deported from the United States to Ghana have filed a complaint alleging unlawful detention.

President John Mahama had announced the arrival of a first batch of 14 deportees, comprising four Nigerians, a Gambian, and other West Africans, in Accra last week.

Three of the migrants have since been sent back to their home countries, with 11 remaining in Ghana. Oliver-Barker Vormawo, counsel for the 11 deportees, told TheCable on Friday that there has been no access to the migrants since their alleged detention. “We cannot confirm their location,” he said.

The applicants, in the lawsuit, claimed that their detention violates article 14(1) of Ghana’s 1992 constitution, which guarantees personal liberty and protection from arbitrary arrest and detention. Thecable