AT LEAST 11 of the 14 people deported by the US to Ghana are still being held in the west African nation, the deportees and their lawyers told reporters on Wednesday, contradicting claims from Ghanaian authorities that the deportees have been sent to their home countries.

Three of the deportees told the Associated Press (AP) of the “terrible” conditions under which they are being held at a 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 AP reported today that it had seen documents showing that the 11 deportee have sued the Ghanaian government, alleging that their detention is against their human rights and Ghana’s laws.

The deportees asked the Ghanaian High Court to order their immediate release from detention and prevent the authorities from deporting them to their home countries.

Eight of the deportees also told the court they had legal protections from being deported to their home countries “due to the risk of torture, persecution or inhumane treatment.”

Fourteen people were first deported from the US to Ghana on September 6, the deportees told the news agency.

At least one of the 14 has returned to Gambia, his home country, according to his lawyer and US court filings.

Two others are believed to have been sent to their home country of Nigeria, the Gambian detainee said in a declaration filed in court. He said the three of them were separated from the rest upon their arrival at the airport in Accra.

The claims of the deportees that they are still being held in Ghana contradict that of Ghana’s presidential spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu, who on Tuesday told reporters that all 14 deportees had been sent to their home countries.

The Ghanaian government previously said the 14 deportees were all Nigerian besides one Gambian.

The confusion surrounding the deportations reflects the dizzying pace at which the Trump administration has moved ahead with its immigration priorities, which lawyers say has come at the cost of immigrants’ legal rights and sometimes puts their safety at risk.