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Ghana is under fire from international human rights lawyers who accuse the government of deporting asylum seekers back to dangerous countries — even though those individuals fled persecution in the first place. The dispute stems from a U.S.-Ghana agreement to accept deportees, but lawyers claim Ghana isn’t protecting these vulnerable people, leading to severe psychological harm. This case, involving 27 individuals sent since last fall, is being heard under a historic West African treaty — the first of its kind — demanding an end to such transfers, transparency, and a halt to future deals. It’s part of a growing global trend where the U.S. uses “third-country” deportations to sidestep asylum protections — and similar lawsuits are already targeting Equatorial Guinea, exposing a troubling pattern across Africa.

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