Plane carrying South Koreans detained in the US to leave today: ReportAbout 300 of the 475 who were detained in an immigration raid will leave the detention center early on Thursday by bus heading for the Atlanta airport.
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A South Korean chartered plane that is scheduled to bring back workers detained in a US immigration raid last week on a car battery plant, sits at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, US.
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Seoul: South Koreans who were detained by US immigration authorities last week at an automobile project site in the state of Georgia will depart on a chartered plane at noon on Thursday, Yonhap news reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed source.
About 300 of the 475 who were detained in an immigration raid will leave the detention center early on Thursday by bus heading for the Atlanta airport, the source familiar with the matter was cited as saying by Yonhap.