France, April 25 -- The group of 15, from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, arrived last Friday in the central African country and are now being housed in Venus Village - run-down hotel complex on the outskirts of the capital.

Granted one-week visas on arrival, they must now decide whether to return to their home countries or remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

None of them speak French - the country's official language.

The DRC - one of a number of African nations that have agreed to take in deported migrants - is one of the world's 15 poorest countries, thousands of kilometres from the Americas.

"For now, my living conditions are stable. I have a room to sleep in, three meals a day and, at this stage, I feel fine," Hugo...