Alex Duna, above, and Sunday Agbata were jailed after being discovered stowing away on a ship from West Africa last June. Agbata has been held for 10 months at the Suffolk County jail, despite being ordered deported to Nigeria last July. Duna was released last week; he is awaiting deportation to Ghana. The Supreme Court has ruled that six months is a reasonable amount of time to deport immigrants after a decision has been made in their case.
(Wendy Maeda/ Globe Staff)
Ordered deported, but kept in jail
Stowaways from W. Africa imprisoned months longer than courts suggest
Alex Duna, above, and Sunday Agbata were jailed after being discovered stowing away on a ship from West Africa last June. Agbata has been held for 10 months at the Suffolk County jail, despite being ordered deported to Nigeria last July. Duna was released last week; he is awaiting deportation to Ghana. The Supreme Court has ruled that six months is a reasonable amount of time to deport immigrants after a decision has been made in their case.
(Wendy Maeda/ Globe Staff)
His name is Sunday Agbata. He came to the United States as a stowaway on a ship from West Africa, on a deadly voyage that left one man crushed by a propeller and Agbata and another man subsisting on biscuits and water. (Full article: 1121 words)
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