A new group of migrants who have been deported from the United States arrived at Kotoka International Airport in Accra aboard a Boeing 767-200 from Baltimore, according to Ghanaian lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor. He said details about the number and nationalities of the deportees were not yet available.

So far, they have only confirmed the arrival of 14 West African nationals deported from the US since 10 September, when Accra and Washington officially signed a bilateral agreement whereby Ghana agreed to take in third-country nationals expelled from the U.S.

Barker-Vormawor said this was at least the third group brought to Ghana under the deal, which he described as highly controversial. He has petitioned the Supreme Court to declare the agreement unconstitutional, arguing it was not ratified by Parliament and violates international treaties prohibiting deportations without due process.

The lawyer also said some of the migrants face risks of torture if sent to their countries of origin, warning that Ghana could be breaching the UN Convention against Torture. His firm has separately sued the government over the alleged unlawful detention of 11 deportees from the U.S.