Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed that 169 Ghanaians have been deported from the United States since January 2025, with hundreds more still entangled in immigration proceedings.

Addressing Parliament on Thursday, November 20, the Minister disclosed that 388 Ghanaians had been detained in the U.S. this year over immigration-related violations.

Out of that number, 120 individuals are awaiting rulings from the Board of Immigration Appeals, while 49 have exhausted all legal channels and are pending final deportation.

“According to the Ministry’s records, 169 Ghanaians have been deported to Ghana since January 2025. Ninety arrived unaccompanied on commercial flights, while 66 were returned on chartered flights supervised by ICE agents,” Mr Ablakwa reported.

He clarified that Ghana has not sought any financial or logistical assistance from the U.S. government in relation to the deportations.

Responding to questions from MPs, he underscored that Ghana’s cooperation is driven purely by humanitarian concerns.

“The government of Ghana has not requested any monetary, logistical, or material support for this intervention. We are Pan-Africanists.

These are fellow West Africans in distress, being detained and treated without dignity — and we cannot look on as Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana,” the Minister asserted.