The UK has signed a deal with the West African nation of Ghana for the transfer of prisoners between the two countries.

It means citizens of one country who commit crimes in the other will serve sentences in their homeland.

According to BBC News, the UK’s International development minister Grant Shapps said removing foreign national offenders was a key priority for the British government.

Under the deal, prisoners can either apply for a transfer voluntarily or, where they are the subject of a deportation order, the transfer can take place without their consent.

Of the 96 Ghanaians behind bars in the UK, 48 would be eligible for voluntary transfers because they are serving sentences of longer than four years.

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