A Colombian woman deported to Congo shared her harrowing experiences of shackled deportation, confinement in a hotel, and having to choose between returning to a country with the risk of persecution or staying in Congo. The United Nations-affiliated body, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), plays a central role in the deportations.
It's an existence that Congo 's president has described as 'living the Congo lese dream.
' For Latin Americans deported to the African nation, it feels more like a nightmare. Deportees reported shackled deportation, confinement in a hotel with supervised outings, and having to choose between returning to a country with the risk of persecution or staying in Congo, a country they had never heard of before.
The United Nations-affiliated body, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), plays a central role in the deportations, accompanying deportees once a week and allowing them to leave the hotel
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