[JURIST] German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere [official website, in German] announced Wednesday that Germany would accept two detainees in the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention facility. The announcement arrived immediately after months of negotiations together with the Obama administration, which originally asked Germany to take as much as ten detainees [JURIST report] in the facility. The German federal government indicated in April that it absolutely was pondering accepting 3 detainees [JURIST report], but de Maiziere stated the region is only accepting two from the prisoners for the reason that it couldn't assure the 3rd prisoner wouldn't be considered a menace to German security. De Maiziere also emphasized that Germany had knowledgeable the US it would not look at any additional requests [DW report] to accept detainees. German critics on the prepare to accept detainees have expressed problem that their presence could radicalize the Muslim population in the region. De Maiziere, still, has noted that Germany has an ethical obligation in helping to close the facility. Hamburg along with the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate have every single agreed to accept one detainee [Reuters report],
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