Supreme Court of Ghana to determine lawfulness of government’s deportation deal with the US
The Supreme Court has reportedly ordered the government of Ghana to produce documents on the agreement it had with the United States (US) government to receive US deportees of West African descent.
The court asked the Office of the Attorney General to produce the document for private inspection by lawyers of Democracy Hub, who are representing some of the deportees who sued the government.
“I just left the Supreme Court. Good win. The Court has just ordered the Attorney-General to disclose documents relating to the agreement entered into between Ghana and the US Government to deport West African nationals to Ghana.
“Democracy Hub lawyers to be allowed to inspect documents,” Barker-Vormawor, one of the lawyers for the plaintiff, wrote on X on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
It would be recalled that in November 2025, the Office of the Attorney General 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.
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“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.
Background
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.
The report by AP News indicated that renowned Ghanaian human rights activist, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, lawyer for Democracy Hub had filed the case on behalf of some of the deportees, describing 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 US migrants to Ghana.
Barker-Vormawor is reported to have said that the 14 West African nationals who arrived in Ghana on Monday, October 13, 2025, brings the total number of US deportees accepted by the government of Ghana to 42.
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