{"id":2000,"date":"2026-04-22T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steelpulsenews.com\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2026-06-14T01:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:59:46","slug":"migrants-deported-from-us-stranded-scared-in-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelpulsenews.com\/es\/migrants-deported-from-us-stranded-scared-in-dr-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrants deported from US stranded, &#8216;scared&#8217; in DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e4ae43bae15dea12c5b45d328afa8b9e7a81886e7398b714d7a4c024995be60?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e4ae43bae15dea12c5b45d328afa8b9e7a81886e7398b714d7a4c024995be60?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">AFP<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But their predicament is far from the worst of it: the men and women told AFP on Wednesday that they arrived in Kinshasa after a 27-hour flight which they spent with their hands and feet shackled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabriela, a 30-year-old Colombian sporting tattoos and clad like most of her fellow sufferers in a white T-shirt, summed up their plight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to go to Congo. 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PHOTO: AFP\/ GLODY MURHABAZI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"waiting\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waiting<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since their arrival in Kinshasa, a megacity of more than 17 million people, the 15 South American migrants have been whiling away their time in a complex near the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rows of neat, white-walled little houses stand side by side. The migrants sleep there and say they are forbidden to leave the premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police and army vehicles are parked outside and on occasion personnel can be seen from a private military firm which AFP was unable to identify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cast adrift by US President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration policy, the migrants spend their days on their mobile phones, trying to contact their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP-PHOTO-Us-President-Donald-Trump-Participates-In-The-Ncaa-Colle-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump speaks during the NCAA Collegiate National Champions Day event at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2026. 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PHOTO: AFP\/ BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None speaks French, the DRC&#8217;s official language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They claim to have received around $100 in aid from IOM officials but are not allowed any visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Several of our friends have taken ill &#8212; as have I,&#8221; said Gabriela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve had fevers, vomiting and stomach problems. 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