Ghana has transferred at least six of the 11 West Africans from the United States earlier this month, their lawyers have said.

Last week, the migrants filed a complaint alleging unlawful detention.

Oliver Barker-Vormawor, lead counsel for the migrants, told the BBC in a report on Wednesday that some of the migrants were deported despite an ongoing legal challenge.

“We can confirm that six were sent to Togo, the others have been sent to countries which I can’t disclose at this point,” Barker-Vormawor said.

He noted that only three of those sent to Togo are Togolese. The nationalities of the others have not been disclosed. However, four Nigerians were among the first batch of deportees.

The deportees’ lawyers have subsequently withdrawn their case against the Ghana government, as it has been overtaken by events.

However, they are still pursuing a separate case arguing that their rights have been violated.

The lawyers said the deportations had made it impossible for the authorities to bring them before the court or justify their detention.

Neither Togo nor Ghana has commented on the matter.