Ghana's Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has stated that the nation has no plans to accept Abrego Garcia.
In a statement on Friday, October 11, 2025, Ablakwa emphasized that “Ghana is not accepting Abrego Garcia”, adding that this position has been “directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities.”
According to him, the government clarified during diplomatic engagements with American officials that Ghana’s earlier understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans was strictly based on African solidarity and humanitarian principles, and would not be expanded to include other individuals.
“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,” Ablakwa noted.
He called on Ghanaians to strongly object to these misleading media reports.
This follows reports that the Department of Homeland Security plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Ghana.
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DHS previously said it was planning to deport Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador and then brought back to the U.S., to Eswatini and Uganda.
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.
He was brought back to the U.S. in June to face human smuggling charges in Tennessee, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
After being released into the custody of his brother in Maryland pending trial, he was again detained by immigration authorities, who indicated their intention to deport him.
Last week, an immigration judge denied a motion by Abrego Garcia's attorneys to reopen his immigration case.