بريطانيا يريد غوانتنامو معتقلات

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قد كتب الوزير خارجيّة, دايفيد [ميليبند], إلى الولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة حكومة يعجّل الإطلاق من خمسة مقيمات سابقة [أوك] بعد يكون يمسك في غوانتنامو نباح.

يعكس الحركة السياسة من بلير إدارة لا أن يضغط لإطلاقهم لأنّ هم ليسوا مواطنات بريطانيّة.

قال المكتب أجنبيّة هو كان قد راجع السياسة [إين ث ليغت وف] [ستبس] أخيرة يؤخذ بالولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة أن يقلّل الرقم المعتقلات في غوانتنامو.

سابقا كان الحكومة قد قال أنّ هذا خمسة رجال [ب] بشكل فعّال لم بريطانيا عمل بما أنّ هم [ب] لم مواضيع بريطانيّة.

But today the government said that in the light of US steps to reduce the number of detainees and move towards the closure of the camp it was changing its mind.

Although the foreign secretary has today written requesting their release, a deal may have been wrapped up at the Prime Minister’s trip to Camp David last week.

The foreign secretary’s letter is unlikely to be a surprise delivery at the state department.

Foreign Office statement

“The Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary have reviewed the Government’s approach to this group of individuals in light of these ongoing developments, our long-held policy aim of securing the closure of Guantanamo Bay, and the need to maintain national security.”

The five men are all former residents of the UK. They’d been granted refugee status: indefinite or exceptional leave to remain in Britain.

One of the five - Jamil el Banna - was arrested along with Bishar al Rawi who spoke to Channel 4 News last week.

In fact the government was already under pressure over Mr el Banna’s detention at Guantanamo. The High Court had given the Home Secretary until Thursday to decide whether he could return to his family in London. Now he will be able to.

Key to all of this has been a change of US policy to allow countries like Britain to start negotiating over the fate of non-British nationals.

Negotiations which the Foreign Office has warned could take some time.

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