South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia will depart from the U.S. around 1430 local time on Wednesday.

US officials say the workers - including more than 300 South Koreans - were working illegally.

The government said on Sunday that South Korea would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.

Footage of raid by US immigration officials showed detained workers in handcuffs and with chains around their ankles

South Korea said Sunday it reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.

South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the US state of Georgia are to be released and flown home.

More than 300 South Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Hundreds of federal agents raided the electric vehicle manufacturing site in Georgia, detaining 475 people and stunning South Korea, a key U.S. ally.

The exact details of how and when the hundreds of workers will be returned still need to be finalised.

US immigration agency last week released videos and photos of handcuffed and shackled staff being forced onto a bus

Flagship carrier Korean Air says plane could depart for Atlanta, Georgia, as soon as Wednesday.

A chartered plane will ferry hundreds of South Koreans home from Atlanta after they were detained for illegally working at a Hyundai electric battery plant.

South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia will depart from the U.S. around 1430 local time on Wednesday.

It comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to meet South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun.

SEOUL: A South Korean charter plane left for the US on Wednesday to bring back Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia last week. A total of 475 workers, more…

More than 300 South Koreans were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai’s sprawling auto plant in Georgia.

It is unclear when the South Korean detainees will be repatriated. They were previously scheduled to depart the United States on Wednesday.

"Our nationals who had been detained by U.S. immigration authorities will soon be returning home," said South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

The exit of 300 Korean workers detained in Georgia has been delayed due to "a cause from the U.S. side," according to the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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South Korean Foreign Minister Cho met US Secretary of State Rubio and voiced his ‘deep concern’ over the incident in Georgia.