Waiting for a large influx of detainees, American forces in the Guantanamo base built a tent town this year, which could accommodate over 3,000. people. However, the tents were not useful, because a small number of detainees were transported to the base, so in the spring the staff demolished the town. “Washington Post” wrote in March that a plan to move detained to Guantanamo turned out to be expensive and complicated in terms of logistics.
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The national security ministry wants to “minimize” the time that the detainees spend in the Guantanamo database, but the White House may decide to use the object for longer stops – it was written in the document discussed by “Washington Post”.
The administration decision will most likely cause criticism from the US allies who will be afraid of the good of their citizens staying in the military base, which has become a world symbol of torture and abuse.
American authorities They are to start sending thousands of foreigners to a prison in the American Guantanamo base in Cuba this week – officials passed to the newspaper, familiar with the case.
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People from these countries can go to a great US prison. Poland on the list
Hundreds of foreigners who are citizens of US allied countries such as Great Britain, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, Turkey and Ukraine as well as people from other parts of the world, including many Haitans “Washington Post” wrote.
Representatives of the authorities shared plans, including documents, from “Washington Post”, asking for anonymity because the matter is considered very delicate.
Officials recognized that administration would inform about the upcoming transports of the countries of the origin of foreigners, including those close to US allies, such as Great Britain, France and Germany – we read.
As part of the preparation, approx. 9,000 people are to undergo research to show whether their health allows you to send to Guantanamo.
It is not known whether the prison can accept 9 thousand. new prisoners. The Trump administration maintains that the implementation of this step is necessary to make room in arrest in the country, which, together with the “greatest deportation of undocumented migrants in the history of the US” promised by Trump, have become overcrowded.
Guantanamo reactivation. There may be a lot of prisoners in it
“Washington Post” reminded that In January, Trump announced the sending of up to 30,000 to Guantanamo. migrantswho committed serious crimes. However, only a few hundred migrants were sent there, after which many of them were sent to facilities, including in Louisiana.
The Ministry of National Security refused to comment. The case was not commented on by the White House. A representative of the Ministry of Defense said that the missions in Guantanamo remain unchanged and does not comment on any potential future missions.
The newspaper's interlocutors emphasized that people who can go to Guantanamo are in the US illegally. The countries of the origin of many detainees informed the US that they want to accept their citizens, but in the opinion of the Ministry of National Security they did not take action quickly enough – the sources said.
“Washington Post” pointed out that Plans may still change.
The Guantanamo base has been served since 2002 as a place to keep people suspected of terrorism, which the US authorities were not able to make formal charges. Before that, there was a center for migrants in its area, mainly for Cuban and Haitan refugees intercepted at sea. The legality of both the first and second center was questioned.
