By EDWARD ACQUAH and MARK BANCHEREAU, Associated PressACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Eleven West African nationals deported by the U.S. to Ghana were sent to their home countries over the weekend despite safety concerns, their lawyer told a court in Ghana on Tuesday. The U.S. had deported a total of 14 West African immigrants to Ghana under controversial circumstances. “This is precisely the injury we were trying to prevent,” he said of the safety concerns of the deportees. Barker-Vormawor told the AP the migrants were not allowed to access their lawyer before their deportation, adding that the government hurriedly deported the migrants to “circumvent” the court case they had filed. Ghana has joined Eswatini, Rwanda and South Sudan as African countries that have received migrants from third countries who were deported from the U.S.