DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held in the West African nation, the deportees and their lawyers told The Associated Press on Wednesday, contradicting claims from Ghanaian authorities that the deportees have been sent to their home countries.

Three of the deportees spoke to AP of the "terrible" conditions under which they are being held at the Bundase military camp on the outskirts of the capital, Accra. They said the 11 deportees still in Ghana include four Nigerians, three Togolese, two Malians and one each from Gambia and Liberia.

The 11 deportees, meanwhile, have sued the Ghanaian government, alleging that their detention is against their human rights and Ghana's laws, according to court documents seen by AP on Thur

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