U.N. torture expert Manfred Nowak says many of them would face persecution if they are deported to their home countries. Human rights campaigners say dozens could seek asylum in Europe.
Nowak says European countries that have cooperated with the U.S.
in the war on terror have a responsibility to help. He says Albania and Sweden have already taken in a handful. But last week Switzerland denied asylum to three of the inmates and Denmark's foreign minister said his country would not take any.
Currently, there are about 250 inmates at Guantanamo.