Asylum Seekers US Deported to Ghana Sent to Home Countries Amid Risk of Torture
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More than a dozen West African men who were deported to Ghana by the United States have since been returned to their home countries by the Ghanaian government, despite legitimate fears of torture or persecution at home. Ghana is one of a growing list of countries that have signed “third country agreements” with the United States to accept U.S. deportees. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU…