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Groot-Brittannië wil de gevangenen van Guantanamo
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De Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, David Miliband, heeft aan de overheid die van Verenigde Staten de versie die van vijf vroegere Britse ingezetenen aanspoort nog in de Baai van Guantanamo wordt gehouden geschreven.
De beweging keert het beleid van het beleid van Blair op hun versie om aan te dringen niet omdat zij geen Britse burgers zijn.
Het buitenlandse Bureau zei het het beleid in het licht van recente maatregelen herzien had die door de Verenigde Staten worden getroffen het aantal gevangenen in Guantanamo te verminderen.
Eerder had de overheid gezegd dat deze vijf mensen effectief niet de zaken waren van Groot-Brittannië aangezien zij geen Britse onderwerpen waren.
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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