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Viewing cable 07STOCKHOLM696, SWEDEN DECLINES TO ACCEPT UZBEK NATIONALS SAMADOV AND YUSUPOV
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Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin |
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07STOCKHOLM696 | 2007-06-08 13:01 | 2010-12-14 21:09 | SECRET | Embassy Stockholm |
Appears in these articles: http://svtplay.se/v/2256485/dokument_inifran/de_hemliga_telegrammen |
VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB
DE RUEHSM #0696 1591355
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
O 081355Z JUN 07
FM AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2273
INFO RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO 2420
RUEHNT/AMEMBASSY TASHKENT 0102
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
RUEAHLC/DHS CENTER WASHDC
S E C R E T STOCKHOLM 000696
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR S/CT JMALONEY, EUR IWEINSTEIN, AND L/LEI EDAUGHTERY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/08/2017
TAGS: PGOV PTER KHLS UZ PREL SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN DECLINES TO ACCEPT UZBEK NATIONALS SAMADOV AND YUSUPOV
REF: A. STATE 13115 B. STOCKHOLM 436
Classified By: Polcouns Casey Christensen, reason 1.4 (b) and (d).
¶1. (s) MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Cecilia Ruthstrom-Ruin told Polcouns June 8 that the GoS had reviewed our request to accept Uzbek nationals Yusupov and Samadov (refs A and B) and would not be able to accept them. There was no mechanism, she said, for doing so, and their resettlement in Sweden was "out of the question." She said the GoS could not take the decision as a government to accept resettlement cases. Applications when presented by individuals were reviewed by the Swedish Migration Board. The other mechanism for resettlement cases was through the UNHCR and subject to the quota system. Sweden had filled and its resettlement quota, and had in addition accepted a large number of refugees (note: including 7,000 Iraqis in 2006 and a projected 20,000 Iraqis in 2007).
¶2. (s) Ruthstrom-Ruin said the response to the present request was based on the same principles and reached the same conclusion as our previous requests to Sweden to accept Guantanamo detainees. Ruthstrom-Ruin said "it is natural to wonder why, if these persons require monitoring or protective surveillance, they could not receive it where they were now located in the United States."
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