{"id":102957,"date":"2025-11-12T07:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=102957"},"modified":"2025-11-12T07:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:30:20","slug":"oliver-barker-vormawor-condemns-ghanas-inhumane-treatment-of-us-deportees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=102957","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Barker-Vormawor condemns Ghana\u2019s \u2018inhumane\u2019 treatment of US deportees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawyer and activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor has criticised the Ghanaian government\u2019s handling of deportees from the United States, describing the process as \u201cinhumane\u201d and a violation of both Ghanaian and international law.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 AM Show<\/em>, Barker-Vormawor revealed that more than 20 West African nationals, including a Sierra Leonean woman, were forcibly removed from their hotel in Accra on Tuesday, November 11, by officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).<\/p>\n

The deportees, who had reportedly refused to comply with deportation directives, were part of a group brought into Ghana under an agreement between the governments of Ghana and the United States. According to Barker-Vormawor, the agreement allows Ghana to receive individuals that the US cannot deport to their home countries due to fears of persecution or torture.<\/p>\n

However, he said the process violates due process under Ghanaian law.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: Tension in Ogbojo: Immigration officials attempt forcible removal of US deportees from hotel<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, under Ghanaian law, you cannot deport a person without a court order. Two, you cannot do so without an executive instrument by the minister. None of that was in place at the time I arrived,\u201d Barker-Vormawor said.<\/p>\n

He recounted how a Sierra Leonean woman, believed to be a registered nurse who had lived in the US for 35 years, was forcibly removed from her hotel room at Vicsem Hotel in Ogbojo, Accra. She reportedly pleaded to remain in Ghana because she had no family in Sierra Leone but was denied and suffered an asthma attack during the confrontation.<\/p>\n

The activist also accused immigration officials of detaining journalists covering the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, there was a journalist from RFI who tried to capture this. He was arrested, his camera seized, and compelled to delete the videos,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n

Barker-Vormawor further disclosed that his team had filed a case at the Supreme Court challenging the legality of Ghana\u2019s agreement with the US to receive deportees. He argued that the arrangement contradicts both Ghana\u2019s Constitution and international human rights conventions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur position is that the agreement violates Ghana\u2019s Constitution and international law. Nearly 60 people have so far been received into the country under this arrangement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also revealed that some Nigerian deportees were allegedly taken to the Togo border and abandoned after arriving in Ghana.<\/p>\n

The Ghana Immigration Service has yet to comment publicly on Barker-Vormawor\u2019s claims, but the development has stirred renewed debate about Ghana\u2019s cooperation with the US on deportation matters and the treatment of vulnerable migrants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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