DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TRAVEL DOCUMENTS FOR DEPORTEES

UNCLAS PARAMARIBO 000271 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y//ADDING TAGS// SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CAR MFORTIN AND JMITCHELL DHS FOR ICE JARVIS MCMILLAR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC APER PREL XL NS SUBJECT: DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TRAVEL DOCUMENTS FOR DEPORTEES REF: STATE 63811 ¶1. (SBU) Mrs. Nell Stadwijk-Kappel, Policy Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)of the Government of the Republic of Suriname (GOS) met with Poloff on September 11 to discuss issuing travel documents for deportees. Poloff delivered the points in Reftel, to which Stadwijk-Kappel responded the GOS abides by international agreements and the GOS fully intends to always accept its nationals back. ¶2. (SBU) According to Stadwijk-Kappel, delays are caused by internal GOS procedures in confirming citizenship. After the Surinamese consulate in Miami forwards the documentation to the MFA, the MFA provides it to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The MHA tasks the Central Population Registry Bureau (CBB) to confirm citizenship. She explained that it usually takes between 6-8 weeks for the CBB to respond to the MFA, after which the MFA instructs its consulate to issue an emergency passport for the deportee to return to Suriname. ¶3. (SBU) Stadwijk-Kappel informed Poloff that she personally visits the CBB several times a month and that the CBB is understaffed with three officials performing a number of different duties. She said she would immediately contact the Permanent Secretary of the MHA to relay USG concern and request that he look into the problem of delayed responses from the CBB. SCHREIBER HUGHES