REQUEST FOR SECURITY SURVEY OF REFUGEE SITE IN

UNCLAS STATE 124596 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PREF IZ SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR SECURITY SURVEY OF REFUGEE SITE IN BAGHDAD ¶1. In anticipation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interviews of refugees in a new, temporary processing location in Baghdad, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) request that RSO provide a security evaluation of the processing site. ¶2. Please evaluate the location at Ocean Cliffs, located in the northern section of the International Zone. Grid coordinates for Oceans Cliffs are 38SMB4343386189. Contact person is: John N. Tumino MAJ, QM, USA MNF-I IZBO OIC John.tumino@iraq.centcom.mil ¶3. We anticipate that USCIS will require use of this facility for approximately six months, beginning in mid-December, until permanent facilities elsewhere in the International Zone are prepared. We further anticipate that interviews of approximately 1365 cases (3137 individuals) will take place during this time, involving at least three separate teams, each consisting of five USCIS officers. ¶4. If RSO Baghdad has any questions about the proposed survey, please contact PRM's Admissions Refcoord Tressa Finerty at FinertyTR (at) state.gov or PRM Program Officers Sumitra Siram (SiramS (at) state.gov). ¶5. This request is made in conjunction with DS/IP/NEA. ¶6. Department appreciates Post's assistance and requests survey completion as soon as possible. RICE