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