Supreme Court of Ghana to determine lawfulness of government’s deportation deal with the US
The Office of the Attorney General has decided to volunteer what it described as an “important document” in the case at the Supreme Court challenging the deal by the state to receive West African deportees from the United States.
According to the Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, who announced the move, the document would help the Supreme Court determine whether the government lacked the mandate to enter into the deal, as asserted by the plaintiffs.
“Yesterday, we notified the Supreme Court of our decision to voluntarily disclose an important document in the ‘Reception Case’.
“We believe that the disclosure will help the Court decide whether the Government breached the Constitution when we received some West African nationals from the United States,” he wrote in a post shared on Facebook on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
The post also showed the notice filed by the Office of the Attorney General on the disclosure filed at the Supreme Court.
The notices indicated that the “important document” would be disclosed in camera, following a directive by the Supreme Court.
The said document was described as a note indicating Ghana’s readiness to receive the deportees from the United States.
“TAKE NOTICE that the Honourable Attorney-General will disclose, in camera, the following document to the Honourable Court:
“A copy of the note sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Accra embassy of the United States of America concerning Ghana’s willingness to consider accepting the transfer from the United States of America of nationals of West African countries present in the United States of America,” part of the notice reads.
The government of Ghana was sued over its deal to receive West African deportees from the United States (US).
According to several reports by major US outlets, including AP News, the government was sued by a Ghanaian human rights group, Democracy Hub, which is representing the latest 14 US migrants deported to Ghana.
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The report by AP News indicated that renowned Ghanaian human rights activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor, who is the lawyer for Democracy Hub and filed the case on behalf of some of the deportees, described the government’s move as illegal.
He argued that the deportation of the US migrants to Ghana was unlawful because it lacked the approval of the country’s Parliament.
He, therefore, asked the court to stop the deportation of the US migrants to Ghana.
Barker-Vormawor is reported to have said that the 14 West African nationals who arrived on Monday, October 13, 2025, bring the total number of US deportees accepted by the government of Ghana to 42.
The report also indicated that Ghana’s Minister of State in charge of Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, who also serves as the Spokesperson to the President, has said that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, will be defending the state in court.
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