US embassy cable - 04HELSINKI1024

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Identifier:	04HELSINKI1024
Wikileaks:	View 04HELSINKI1024 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Helsinki
Created:	2004-08-06 05:02:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PHUM PREL PTER IR FI IQ Finland
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L HELSINKI 001024 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA, EUR/NB 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2014 
TAGS: PHUM, PREL, PTER, IR, FI, IQ, Finland-Iraq 
SUBJECT: FINLAND:  NO INTEREST IN CAMP ASHRAF MEK DETAINEES 
 
REF: A. A. STATE 89677 
     B. B. BAGHDAD 386/CPA/1047 
     C. C. STATE 107318 
 
Classified By: ACTING POL CHIEF DAVID A. SCHLAEFER FOR REASON 1.4 (A) a 
nd (D) 
 
(C)  Leena Riitola, Acting Director of the Finnish MFA's 
Department for Africa and the Middle-East, told Poloff on 
August 3 that the GoF had finished its review of information 
concerning Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) detainees at Camp Ashraf 
who claim ties to Finland and determined that none of the 
detainees has a valid claim to residency, temporary or 
otherwise, in Finland.  She said that the detainees would 
likely be denied entry to Finland even if they were applying 
for a tourist visa with valid passports.  Riitola further 
said that the expired travel documents the detainees had 
provided to the CPA in support of their claim(s) to Finnish 
residency were over ten years old and did not transfer 
residency rights even when in effect.  Other Embassy sections 
also conferred with Finland's security community about the 
issue and received the same response;  there is no interest 
in interviewing the detainees or admitting them for any 
reason into Finland. 
 
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MACK