Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BRUSSELS945
2008-06-20 11:08:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Brussels
Cable title:
GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 000945
SIPDIS
NOFORN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/20/2018
TAGS: KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE
SUBJECT: GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL
STATUS THROUGH IOM FOR THOSE RELEASED
REF: 07 BRUSSELS 2401
Classified By: DCM WJBUSH FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 000945
SIPDIS
NOFORN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/20/2018
TAGS: KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE
SUBJECT: GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL
STATUS THROUGH IOM FOR THOSE RELEASED
REF: 07 BRUSSELS 2401
Classified By: DCM WJBUSH FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
1. (C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary
Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an
open and frank discussion June 12 with Ambassador Fox on her
trip to Guantanamo Detention Facility and what to do about
the remaining detainees there. She provided an advance copy
of the report she will present to the OSCE in July in
Kazhakstan (sent to EUR/WE via email). Senator Lizin again
proposed, as she had in her 2007 report (reftel),that an
international organization, expressly the International
Organization for Migration (IOM),should be tasked with
developing a solution for repatriating the detainees.
Specifically she thought the IOM could process the detainees,
whose home countries would not repatriate them, as stateless
persons and issue international passports for them. They
would not be considered as refugees, but as a category of
persons with special status to make it easier for other
countries to accept them and respect their rights.
2. (C/NOFORN) While admitting some of the detainees could
still pose different levels of threats, in general Lizin
recommends accelerating the transfer of those detainees who
will not be formally charged. To that effect, she would like
to see the IOM start as soon as possible on a plan to create
the special status and make the transition for those released
as smooth as possible. Attempting to return detainees to
countries that will not accept them has stalled the process,
though Lizin noted 120 had been sent back to their countries
of origin since the 2007 report. Having only limited success
in persuading other governments to take back any of the
remaining internees, Lizin continued to stress the need for
the IOM to be fully involved to find a quick and humane
solution.
.
SIPDIS
NOFORN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/20/2018
TAGS: KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE
SUBJECT: GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL
STATUS THROUGH IOM FOR THOSE RELEASED
REF: 07 BRUSSELS 2401
Classified By: DCM WJBUSH FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
1. (C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary
Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an
open and frank discussion June 12 with Ambassador Fox on her
trip to Guantanamo Detention Facility and what to do about
the remaining detainees there. She provided an advance copy
of the report she will present to the OSCE in July in
Kazhakstan (sent to EUR/WE via email). Senator Lizin again
proposed, as she had in her 2007 report (reftel),that an
international organization, expressly the International
Organization for Migration (IOM),should be tasked with
developing a solution for repatriating the detainees.
Specifically she thought the IOM could process the detainees,
whose home countries would not repatriate them, as stateless
persons and issue international passports for them. They
would not be considered as refugees, but as a category of
persons with special status to make it easier for other
countries to accept them and respect their rights.
2. (C/NOFORN) While admitting some of the detainees could
still pose different levels of threats, in general Lizin
recommends accelerating the transfer of those detainees who
will not be formally charged. To that effect, she would like
to see the IOM start as soon as possible on a plan to create
the special status and make the transition for those released
as smooth as possible. Attempting to return detainees to
countries that will not accept them has stalled the process,
though Lizin noted 120 had been sent back to their countries
of origin since the 2007 report. Having only limited success
in persuading other governments to take back any of the
remaining internees, Lizin continued to stress the need for
the IOM to be fully involved to find a quick and humane
solution.
.