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Brazil will not use its air force for U.S. migrant deportations

Brazil will not utilize its air force aircrafts to help with the deportation of Brazilian migrants in the United States, the South American country's top diplomat said on Tuesday, just days after a significant flare up in neighboring Colombia over the concern.

On Sunday, Colombia and the United States drew back from the brink of a trade war triggered by a spat over deportation flights utilizing military aircraft consisting of U.S. aircrafts that transported shackled migrants.

A day later on, Brazil summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to talk about the deportation of Brazilian migrants, after it condemned handcuffing of deportees on a flight to repatriate migrants from the United States.

Brazil's Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira told reporters that its residents can not be handcuffed in deportation flights while in Brazilian territory, adding that officials prepare to discuss with U.S. authorities how to perform deportation flights in a dignified method.

(source: Reuters)