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Latin American migrants deported from US await their fate in DRC

Hugo Palencia, a Colombian who was among those deported to Kinshasa, 23 April. © Paulina Zidi / RFI

The first group of Latin American migrants deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrived in Kinshasa, under a controversial US scheme to transfer undocumented foreign nationals to third-party countries. They told RFI they feel "scared" in DRC.

The group of 15, from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, arrived last Friday in the central African country and are now being housed in Venus Village – run-down hotel complex on the outskirts of the capital.

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