ACCRA, Ghana — Nineteen West African nationals deported by the U.S. to Ghana have been moved to an unknown location, a lawyer for one of the deportees said.

Ana Dionne-Lanier, who represents one of the nationals, told The Associated Press on Thursday the group arrived in Ghana on Nov. 5 and were put in a hotel. They are protected from deportation to their home countries due to the risk of torture, persecution or inhumane treatment, she said.

"We don't know the location of any of them," Dionne-Lanier said, adding that neither she nor her client's family has been able to reach him.

She said part of the group was sent by bus to an unknown border location between last weekend and Monday, while a second group, which included her client, was moved "under heavy armed guard" from the hotel arou

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