On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, President John Dramani Mahama announced that Ghana has agreed to host on its territory of West African nationals expelled from the United States. Fourteen according to the information, some of them have already arrived in the country.

US President Donald Trump adopted a hard line when it comes to immigration. This line aims to expel millions of irregular migrants and to intensify returns to countries third party. According to the president, a group of fourteen expelled, including Nigerians and a Gambian, have already arrived in Ghana, and the government has facilitated their return to their countries of origin.

“The United States asked us to accept third-country nationals expelled from their territory, and we accepted that West African nationals be welcomed, because not all our West African brothers need a visa to enter our country,” he said.

The president did not There is a limit to the number of deportees that Ghana would accept. According to The information, the Trump administration has approached several governments Africans so that they accept deportees, as part of its policy aimed at deterring immigration through high-profile deportations to so-called “third countries”.