Lawsuit Filed Against Ghana Over U.S. Deportations

A legal team, including Oliv Barker Vormawor from the Ghanaian law firm Merton Everett LLP, has filed a lawsuit against Ghana at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. The suit alleges that Ghana violated domestic and regional laws by facilitating the deportation of at least 60 individuals from the United States in September.

These deportees were sent to Ghana under U.S. policies that expanded the categories of people targeted for deportation, including those who may face torture or persecution upon return. The lawsuit argues that the U.S. law prevents sending individuals directly to countries where they could face such threats.

The legal coalition, which includes the Cornell Law School Transnational Dispute Clinic and the Global Strategic Litigation Coalition, seeks to halt these deportations and obtain asylum protections for the affected individuals. This legal action follows a similar lawsuit filed in June regarding deportations to Equatorial Guinea.