Eleven West African citizens deported by the United States to Ghana were returned to their home countries over the weekend despite security concerns, their lawyer told a court in Ghana on Tuesday.
Rwanda has become the third African nation to reach an agreement with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the United States.
Read MoreThe United States and Rwanda have agreed for the African country to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the U.S., the spokesperson for the Rwandan government and an official told Reuters, as President Donald Trump’s administration takes a hardline approach toward immigration.
Read MorePolice in Mpumalanga have arrested close to a thousand illegal miners at the Sheba Gold Mine in Barberton. Most of the arrested illegal miners are undocumented foreign nationals.
Read MoreNew hardline EU immigration policy could see development funding cut unless African nations prevent migrants from leaving. Some experts are warning it's counterproductive, undermines sovereignty, and fuels resentment.
Read MoreThe US has deported what it described as five "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini.
Read MoreNigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar denounced the United States' pressure on several African countries to accept Venezuelan citizens deported from their territory, noting that it would be difficult for Nigeria to do so.
Read MoreThe United States has announced sweeping changes to its non-immigrant visa policy for Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria, cutting the duration and conditions under which most travellers from those countries can enter.
Read MoreThe US has deported eight people to South Sudan following a legal battle that saw them diverted to Djibouti for several weeks.
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