West Africans deported by US to Ghana left in Togo sans papers

WEST Africans deported by the US to Ghana are now fending for themselves in Togo after being dumped in the country without documents, lawyers and deportees said.

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GHANAIAN President John Mahama.

(AFP)

The latest chapter in US President Donald Trump's deportation programme, their saga became public in September when Ghanaian leader John Mahama disclosed that his country had struck a deal to accept deportees from the region. Eight to 10 west African nationals have since been forcibly sent by Ghana to Togo, bypassing a formal border crossing and left on the street without passports.

"The situation is terrible," said Benjamin, a Nigerian national, who said he was staying in a hotel room with three other deportees and only one bed, living off money sent from their families in the US.

Benjamin said an immigration judge had ruled in June that he couldn't be deported to Nigeria, cit-