SECURITY EVALUATION OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE -

UNCLAS AMMAN 006604

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR PRM/A AND DS/IP/NEA
DHS FOR BCIS
ROME, ATHENS FOR BCIS

E.O. 12958:N/A
TAGS: ASEC PREF JO
SUBJECT: SECURITY EVALUATION OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE -
UNHCR OFFICE IN AMMAN, JORDAN

REF: A) HILL/POLASCHIK 10/14 E-MAIL

B) AMMAN 6514
C) AMMAN 3980

As requested ref a, post confirms that prescreening and
resettlement interviews for the 77 Sudanese and Somali
refugees from UNHCR's Ruweished refugee camp will take place
at the UNHCR office in Amman, Jordan. UNHCR has agreed to
bus the refugees from the Ruweished refugee camp to Amman
and to provide hotel accommodations during the interviews.
The GOJ also has agreed to these arrangements and will
provide police escort for the refugees en route to and from
Amman, as well as on-site security at the UNHCR office in
Amman. There will be no need for Embassy Amman or DHS staff
to travel to Ruweished for prescreening or resettlement
interviews. Information regarding specific security
arrangements at UNHCR's Amman office was reported refs b and
c.

GNEHM