Ghana’s president spoke out Thursday against normalizing “hatred” toward migrants, days after his US counterpart Donald Trump gave a scathing speech to the United Nations demanding closed borders.

Addressing the UN General Assembly, Ghanaian leader John Mahama said it was time to “dispense with the euphemisms and dog whistles and speak frankly” about Western leaders’ push against migration.

“We cannot normalize cruelty. We cannot normalize hatred. We cannot normalize xenophobia and racism,” he said.

Telling stories of African immigrants who have been successful in Western nations, Mahama said, “I dare say these are not invaders. These are not criminals.”

He pointed to the impact of climate change, which has hit African nations particularly hard even though they bear little historic res

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