REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000411 SIPDIS SIPDIS AMMAN FOR ISU AND REFCOORD CLAIRE KANESHIRO CAIRO FOR REFCOORD GERRY CHEYNE STATE FOR PRM/ANE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ SUBJECT: REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE COORDINATOR CAMILLE HILL REF: A. STATE 21922 ¶B. STATE 19344 ¶1. Country Clearance is requested for the February 19- March 4 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill to Jordan and Syria. RefCoord is joining PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright and PRM/ANE Iraq Program Officer Liana Brooks-Rubin for meetings in Amman and Syria February 22 to March 3. Ms. Hill has already has filed an electronic country clearance request for Jordan with ISU-Amman including requests for assistance with necessary hotel, regional air, and ground transportation arrangements, and is coordinating hotel arrangements in Syria with Amman Refugee Coordinator Claire Kaneshiro. No additional Embassy assistance is required. ¶2. While in Jordan, Ms. Hill will meet with officials from UNHCR, CENTCOM, EUCOM, and Embassy Ankara, and PRM/ANE to discuss the future of Iraq's Makhmour Refugee Camp. Ms. Hill and PRM/ANE will have separate meetings with UNHCR and IOM to discuss future USG support for the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration. Ms. Hill will also consult with Amman-based UNHCR and IOM officials working on other PRM-funded projects for Iraqi refugees and with ISU-Amman budget officials. If time permits, Ms. Hill will monitor and evaluate ICMC's PRM- funded project for Extremely Vulnerable Iraqis (EVIs) in Jordan in coordination with Amman RefCoord. ¶3. While in Syrian, Ms. Hill will join the meetings arranged for Mr. Albright and Ms. Brooks-Rubin. They will consult with government officials and representatives from UNHCR and NGOs working on refugee issues and returnee policies and programs. ¶4. Ms. Hill's proposed itinerary is as follows: February 19 - depart Baghdad and arrive Amman on Royal Jordanian flight TBD with ISU Amman February 20-21 - consult with IOM, UNHCR, Amman RefCoord and ISU Amman. Monitor and Evaluate ICMC EVI project when possible. February 22 - Meeting on Makhmour Camp February 23 - Meeting on MODM Capacity Building February 24-25 - Tour of UNHCR refugee camps and facilities February 26-28 - continue consultations February 28 - 20:30 depart Amman for Damascus on Royal Jordanian 435 February 28 - 21:25 arrive Damascus March 1-2 - Syria visit March 3-4 - Depart Damascus for Baghdad via Amman with overnight in Amman if schedule requires; details TBD with ISU Amman ¶5. Ms. Hill holds a TS clearance. Ms. Hill will be traveling to between Baghdad and Jordan on tourist passport no. Z7997731 since her diplomatic passport was sent to Washington for a Syrian visa. PRM/ANE will deliver her diplomatic passport to her in Amman and she will continue to Syria on diplomatic passport no. 900347751 KHALILZAD