108 Ghanaians and Liberians have been deported by the United States (US) government.
Ghana’s state newspaper the daily Graphic reports that there was a standoff between these deportees and officials of the United States of America (USA) at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra when they were flown into Ghana from the US on Wednesday.
The deportees reportedly refused to disembark from the chartered flight that flew them into Ghana and accused the US officials of abusing them.
Some of the deportees, had been in prison for drug-related offences while others were deported for illegally living in the US among other crimes.
Officials of the Ghanaian Police and Immigration Services struggled to get the deportees off the chartered flight.
One of the deportees told the Daily Graphic in Accra that “ We were handcuffed by the US authorities before we boarded the plane and even though we pleaded with them to remove the restraining devices while we were on board, they refused. Strangely, when the plane landed, they freed our hands and legs and asked us to disembark. That is why we said we would not get down unless they allowed us to get down with the handcuffs for everybody to see how they had treated us.”
Source: Africafeeds.com
