It’s the latest diplomatic dispute between a Latin American country and the Trump administration over the treatment of migrants during repatriation flights.

The Brazilian government says it is going to create a reception center for deported migrants from the United States following controversy over conditions on a recent flight.

Brazilian officials demanded that U.S. agents remove handcuffs from a group of deportees who were flown to the South American country on Friday, with a prominent minister in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government calling the practice "blatant disrespect" for the rights of his fellow citizens.

Citizens of Brazil deported from the U.S. complain about travel conditions. According to eyewitness accounts, during the flight, their hands and feet were shackled, and the plane lacked air conditioning.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to seek explanations from the U.S. government over the "degrading treatment" of Brazilians on a deportation flight, the ministry wrote on X on Saturday night.

Brazil's government said it would seek explanations from US authorities over what it called "degrading treatment" of Brazilians on a deportation flight last Friday.

In a recent statement, Brazil made it clear that it will not allow its air force planes to be used for deporting Brazilian migrants from the United States. This decision comes after a series of diplomatic discussions and public outrage over the treatment of migrants being deported.

Brazilian migrants deported from the U.S. under President Donald Trump's administration, board a Brazilian Air Force flight to Belo Horizonte at the Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil,

Brazil will not use its air force planes to assist with the deportation of Brazilian migrants in the United States, the South American country's top diplomat said on Tuesday, just days after a major flare up in neighboring Colombia over the issue.