First group of Brazilians deported from US arrive on Wednesday

24/01/2004 - 8h04

Brasília - The first group of Brazilians to be deported by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service will arrive in Brazil this Wednesday, January 28.

A chartered flight, paid for by the US, will bring 187 Brazilians home. Most of them are from the state of Minas Gerais, but some from Goiás, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Pará and Santa Catarina.

More flights are scheduled for February and March. (AB)