Kerry Thanks Senegal for 'Humanitarian Resettlement' of Gitmo Detainees

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Kerry Thanks Senegal for 'Humanitarian Resettlement' of Gitmo Detainees

 

BY BRIDGET JOHNSON APRIL 4, 2016

As the Obama administration tries to find countries for mostly Yemeni Guantanamo inmates cleared for release, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a special shout-out today to Senegal for agreeing to take a couple of Libyans.

 

About three dozen detainees are scheduled for transfer by this summer as the administration screens potential homes for the detainees.

 

Kerry said the U.S. "is very grateful to our partner, the Republic of Senegal, for offering humanitarian resettlement to two individuals formerly in Department of Defense custody at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility."

 

The Department of Defense today announced the transfer of Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar.