Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07VIENNA1162
2007-05-04 15:33:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 001162
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WCI -- AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2017
TAGS: PTER PINR AU
SUBJECT: DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT
COMMUNITIES AND POST POC
REF: STATE 54924 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Deputy Dhief of Mission Scott F. Kilner
C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 001162
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WCI -- AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2017
TAGS: PTER PINR AU
SUBJECT: DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT
COMMUNITIES AND POST POC
REF: STATE 54924 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Deputy Dhief of Mission Scott F. Kilner
1. (U) The following responses are keyed to reftel
information requests.
2. (C) Embassy Vienna POCs on resettlement issues are as
follows:
Deputy Chief of Mission Scott Kilner
kilnersf@state.gov, kilnersf@state.sgov.gov
43-1 31339-2415
Economic Unit Chief Phillip Nelson
nelsonpr@state.gov, nelsonpr@state.sgov.gov
43-1 31339-2299
3. (C) Austria hosts no expatriate communities of Egyptians,
Uzbeks, Mauritanians, Somalis, Palestinians Sudanese or
Chinese Uighurs. However, small numbers of individuals of
these nationalities or groups are present in Austria.
4. (C) Beyond its close ties with other EU member states,
Austria does not have relationships which it could exploit to
persuade other countries to receive detainees. Although
Austria maintains long-term assistance relationships with a
small number of "priority" aid recipients, these
relationships would not deliver sufficient political
penetration to have an impact in a case such as this one.
5. (C) As instructed separately, Embassy will report septel
on the status of resettlement efforts in Austria.
Kilner
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/WCI -- AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2017
TAGS: PTER PINR AU
SUBJECT: DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT -- AUSTRIA: EXPAT
COMMUNITIES AND POST POC
REF: STATE 54924 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Deputy Dhief of Mission Scott F. Kilner
1. (U) The following responses are keyed to reftel
information requests.
2. (C) Embassy Vienna POCs on resettlement issues are as
follows:
Deputy Chief of Mission Scott Kilner
kilnersf@state.gov, kilnersf@state.sgov.gov
43-1 31339-2415
Economic Unit Chief Phillip Nelson
nelsonpr@state.gov, nelsonpr@state.sgov.gov
43-1 31339-2299
3. (C) Austria hosts no expatriate communities of Egyptians,
Uzbeks, Mauritanians, Somalis, Palestinians Sudanese or
Chinese Uighurs. However, small numbers of individuals of
these nationalities or groups are present in Austria.
4. (C) Beyond its close ties with other EU member states,
Austria does not have relationships which it could exploit to
persuade other countries to receive detainees. Although
Austria maintains long-term assistance relationships with a
small number of "priority" aid recipients, these
relationships would not deliver sufficient political
penetration to have an impact in a case such as this one.
5. (C) As instructed separately, Embassy will report septel
on the status of resettlement efforts in Austria.
Kilner