Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06CAIRO873
2006-02-13 15:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
EGYPT FREES REMAINING SUDANESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM
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UNCLAS CAIRO 000873
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU
SUBJECT: EGYPT FREES REMAINING SUDANESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM
DETENTION
REF: CAIRO 783 AND PREVIOUS
On February 12, Egypt released from detention the remaining
156 Sudanese asylum-seekers who had been held since a
December 30 confrontation with Egyptian police over refugee
resettlement policies. Egyptian state media first reported
the release and stated that the detainees would not be
deported. MFA contacts confirmed the press report February
13, and said the Sudanese were "staying with relatives and
other Sudanese." MFA Director of the Office of Refugee
Affairs, Nasser Hamzawy, told poloff that the Sudanese had
been provided with travel documents that would allow them to
remain in Egypt legally for "two or three months." Hamzawy
noted that Egypt, despite its legal right to expel the
detained Sudanese, had chosen not to deport the group to
Sudan.
RICCIARDONE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU
SUBJECT: EGYPT FREES REMAINING SUDANESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM
DETENTION
REF: CAIRO 783 AND PREVIOUS
On February 12, Egypt released from detention the remaining
156 Sudanese asylum-seekers who had been held since a
December 30 confrontation with Egyptian police over refugee
resettlement policies. Egyptian state media first reported
the release and stated that the detainees would not be
deported. MFA contacts confirmed the press report February
13, and said the Sudanese were "staying with relatives and
other Sudanese." MFA Director of the Office of Refugee
Affairs, Nasser Hamzawy, told poloff that the Sudanese had
been provided with travel documents that would allow them to
remain in Egypt legally for "two or three months." Hamzawy
noted that Egypt, despite its legal right to expel the
detained Sudanese, had chosen not to deport the group to
Sudan.
RICCIARDONE