West Africans deported by the US to Ghana are now fending for themselves in Togo after being dumped in the country without documents, according to lawyers and deportees. Eight to 10 west African nationals have since been forcibly sent by Ghana to Togo, bypassing a formal border crossing, and then left on the street without passports. View image in fullscreen John Mahama, the president of Ghana, has said his country is ready to accept more west African nationals deported by the US. Up to 28 people have arrived in the west African nation from the US so far in the deportation programme. Two Togolese nationals were deported to the Togo border with Benjamin.