11/11/2025
Explainer: Does Ghana?s Deportation Deal With the US Breach Constitutional Procedure?
Editor#8217;s Note: This explainer is published ahead of the November 12, 2025 Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of Ghana#8217;s deportation agreement with the United States. In mid- 2025, Ghana entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) titled Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Repatriation and Temporary Hosting of West African Nationals with the US to accept deportees and host certain West African nationals deported from the US, including individuals who may not be Ghanaian citizens. As of October 2025, 42 deportees were reportedly dropped off in neighbouring countries like Togo, Nigeria, raising human rights concerns over their treatment and legal status. The US has...
