BOSNIA - FIRST DEPORTATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL

C O N F I D E N T I A L SARAJEVO 002663 SIPDIS SIPDIS PASS TO EUR (DICARLO),EUR/SCE (HOH, FOOKS, STINCHCOMB), S/CT, INL FOR KIMMEL; NSC FOR BRAUN; OSD FOR BEIN E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2017 TAGS: PGOV PTER KCRM BK SUBJECT: BOSNIA - FIRST DEPORTATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL STRIPPED OF BOSNIAN NATIONALITY Classified By: Political Counselor Michael Murphy Reasons 1.4 (B) and ( D) ¶1. (C) On December 9, Bosnian authorities deported Algerian native Atau Mimun, who was stripped of Bosnian citizenship by the Citizen Review Commission (CRC). The CRC was established in 2006 to review the status of individuals who had fraudently obtained Bosnian citizenship between 1992 and early 2006. It has stripped citizenship from more than six hundred people, including many former mujahedeen, who now face deportation. Mimun's deportation was the first CRC deportation to be carried out by Bosnian authorities. Mimum, who had abandoned his Bosnian family members, did not contest his deportation to Algeria. ¶2. (C) The Foreigner Affairs Service (FAS) carried out Mimun's deportation without the Ministry of Security's cooperation (or interference). Working methodically, FAS seized Mimun's newly acquired Algerian passport and worked with Turkish authorities to arrange his transport to Algeria. One daily, Nezavisne Novine, gave a factual account of Mimun's deportation on December 14. It carried the statment of FAS Director Dragan Mekic who said that Mimun posed a threat to Bosnia's security because "he is connected with people who are under surveillance for terrorist activities." ENGLISH