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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9961
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/guantanamo

European countries ready to take in former detainees

Brussels, 24/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - Several European states have given the US government assurances that they would take in former Guantanamo detainees, the Washington Post reported on Thursday 20 August. In all, nine EU countries are in discussions on accepting former prisoners, the paper says, quoting US administration officials speaking anonymously. Four of these countries have undertaken to take in prisoners who are due for release and five others are considering the possibility, the...