World · Africa · 3 hrs ago
Man says Ghana sent him to Mali after US deportation
Moussa Diawara says he was sent from Ghana to Mali after being deported from the US.
He says Ghanaian officials put him on a flight within five days of his arrival.
A US immigration judge had ruled that he could not be deported to Mali.
Diawara says he became homeless and went into hiding.
The case is part of a report about third-country deportations, in which people deported from the US are sent to a country other than their own.
The report is scheduled to air Sunday at 7 p.m.
ET/PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
Moussa Diawara says Ghanaian officials put him on a flight to Mali within five days of his deportation from the United States.
He says a U.S. immigration judge had ruled that he could not be deported to Mali.
Diawara says he was homeless and went into hiding.
The account was described in a 60 Minutes report.
- Who
- Moussa Diawara says Ghanaian officials sent him to Mali.
- What
- He says he was put on a flight to Mali after being deported from the United States.
- When
- Within five days of his U.S. deportation.
- Where
- The United States, Ghana and Mali.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Diawara says Ghanaian officials put him on a flight to Mali within five days.
Diawara says he was homeless and went into hiding.
- Person
- Moussa Diawara
- Destination
- Mali
- Officials named
- Ghanaian officials
- Time frame
- Within five days of his U.S. deportation
- U.S. ruling
- An immigration judge ruled he could not be deported to Mali