Portugal Urges E.U. to Accept Former Guantanamo Detainees - by Michael Abramotiwitz
Portugal's foreign minister has called for European countries to accept detainees released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center, a move that U.S. officials and human rights advocates regard as a possible harbinger of a new willingness by Europe to assist in closing the controversial facility. "The time has come for the European Union to step forward," Luís Amado told other E.U. countries in a letter made public yesterday. "As a matter of principle and coherence, we should send a clear signal of our willingness to help the U.S. Government in that regard, namely through the resettlement of detainees. As far as the Portuguese Government is concerned, we will be available to participate."
Note EU-Digest: it might be a better idea to hand the terrorist over to the Iraq and the Afghanistan government where they committed their crimes, to have them sentenced. Taking them into Europe is ridiculous.
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