Lawyers say some deportees won US court protections but were still forced onto flights to Ghana. Photo: GettySource: Getty ImagesThe case surfaced earlier this month after Ghanaian President John Mahama confirmed that his government had agreed to receive deportees from the United States. Photo: GettySource: Getty ImagesAnother deportee, Emmanuel, a Liberian national, said he fled Liberia in the 1990s and was granted asylum in the United States. One Gambian man was reportedly sent back to his home country immediately after arrival in Ghana despite court protections. The 37-year-old was taken into custody on August 2 by deportation officers from ERO’s Criminal Apprehension Program outside his residence.