Italy has declared it would accept three inmates from Guantánamo Bay as the Obama administration steps up its efforts to persuade European partners to help it close the detention -centre.
Washington's push has been complicated by the reluctance of the US itself to take in detainees, as well as issues such as Europe's Schengen free-movement area. That allows passport-free travel between participating countries and means former detainees accepted by one state might be able to go to another.
The Italian decision to accept three Tunisian prisoners, announced by Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister, in Washington on Monday night, came after European Union members reached a framework deal on sharing information on detainees resettled in the Schengen area.
The US hopes that the deal will smooth the way for more European count-ries to take in former det-ainees, with Barack Obama, the US president, describing himself as "very appreciative" of the agreement.
However, Washington still has to overcome many European countries' reluctance at a time when the political debate in the US is focused on the risk former detainees may pose.
Yesterday, David Miliband, Britain's foreign secretary, said the UK had "done its bit in terms of Guantánamo", while talks with Germany about Berlin accepting some of the Uighurs held at Guant-ánamo failed to produce a result.
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