The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the deportation of 110 Nigerians as part of a wider operation that will see 355 nationals from the sub-region repatriated. This will make Nigeria have the greatest number of deportees among West African countries.
DHS, as part of its “WOW” West Africa Operations Watch effort, released the names and photos of all 355 people scheduled for deportation yesterday, The Guardian reports.
Of those mentioned, 110 are from Nigeria, second only to Liberia’s 94, and well ahead of Ghana’s 30 and Senegal’s 19.
The list also contains 15 Cameroonians, 14 Gambians, 14 Ivorians, 12 Mauritanians, 11 Cape Verdeans, nine Burkinabes, eight Nigeriens, six Guineans, six Togolese, five Malians and one each from Benin and Guinea-Bissau.
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