Nigeria, the Bahamas and Burkina Faso said no. The rest chose to appease Washington, avoid sanctions, or protect their trading status, and some showed such eagerness that, as in Ghana, deportees were met with shocking cruelty.
A US Cabinet secretary told the world exactly what he wanted African governments to do. “We want to send you some of the most despicable human beings to your countries,”...
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