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Senegalese woman attempts suicide after being held at remote Ghana deportation camp

Sep 21, 2026·Location: Ghana

Country of origin: Senegal

Senegalese woman attempts suicide after being held at remote Ghana deportation camp
Photo via The Guardian

A Senegalese woman deported to Ghana under a third-country removal arrangement was sent, along with other detainees, to a remote military camp with little electricity or outside contact after Ghanaian officials reacted angrily to viral video of another deportee being forcibly removed. Fearing she would be returned to Senegal, she attempted suicide by drinking bleach and was hospitalized before being deported back to Senegal anyway.

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