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Migrants deported from US stranded, 'scared' in DR Congo
> Kinshasa (AFP) – Spending the past five days cooped up in a hotel in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not quite what a group of Latin Americans expected when they sought asylum in the United States.
> "I get three meals a day, the hotel staff cleans the rooms, and we're well protected," said Hugo Palencia Ropero, a 25-year-old Colombian who said he spent five months in US detention before being deported to the DRC.
> But he added: "I'm more afraid of being here in Africa than in Colombia.
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> Kinshasa (AFP) – Spending the past five days cooped up in a hotel in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not quite what a group of Latin Americans expected when they sought asylum in the United States.
> "I get three meals a day, the hotel staff cleans the rooms, and we're well protected," said Hugo Palencia Ropero, a 25-year-old Colombian who said he spent five months in US detention before being deported to the DRC.
> But he added: "I'm more afraid of being here in Africa than in Colombia.
#local
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