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In a defiant display, the Bruce Golding administration rejected a request from the United States for Jamaica to house Cuban migrants who are being held in protective custody in Guantánamo Bay.
The US, through a diplomatic note sent shortly after the Golding Government won the 2007 general election, first raised the issue with an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
"The Department of State in Washington, DC, has asked that embassy approach Government of Jamaica on an emergency basis concerning the previous discussions ...," said an unclassified, sensitive US diplomatic cable dated February 11, 2008.
"The USG provides protection at the naval base in Guantánamo Bay for a number of migrants who have been determined in need of protection because of a well-founded fear of persecution, or because they would more likely than not face torture in their country of origin. The US seeks third countries to resettle these migrants," the note said.
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