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.

Brazil’s foreign ministry has summoned the highest representative for the US government in Brasilia to explain the treatment given to undocumented Brazilian migrants who were deported back to the Latin American country during the weekend,

Brazil's foreign ministry summoned a senior U.S. diplomat on Monday to discuss the deportation of Brazilian migrants, the ministry said, a day after a major flare up over migrant repatriations to neighboring Colombia.