Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described as misleading reports that Ghana will be accepting Abrego Garcia.
According to him, Abrego Garcia cannot be deported to Ghana because the country has indicated that he is not welcome.
He explains, “In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles would not be expanded”.
Making a case in a post shared via social media, he said, “Ghana is not accepting Abrego Garcia. He cannot be deported to Ghana. This has been directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities.
In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles would not be expanded.
Ghana strongly objects to these misleading media reports”.
ABC News had reported earlier that the Department of Homeland Security said it now plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Ghana, according to a notice from the agency to his attorneys.
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison — despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution.
The Trump administration claimed he was a member of the criminal gang MS-13, which his family and attorneys deny.
