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Britain is reportedly preparing to house Guantanamo inmates in its own prisons as a favor for US President-elect Barack Obama. London had earlier declared that it would study any US request to accept Guantanamo prisoners on a case-by-case basis.
The British cabinet and the Foreign Office, however, are now evaluating whether to take in the remaining prisoners in a bid to help Obama fulfill his pledge of closing the camp, The Timescited government sources as saying.
Obama had previously vowed to close the notorious detention center in an effort to rebuild "America's moral stature in the world".
The Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba has been run by the US military since 2002; it is believed to now hold around 250 terror suspects.
Controversy surrounds US imprisonment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay as at least four inmates had committed suicide and hundreds of others had attempted suicide prior to 2008.
The British Foreign Office says it realizes that the incoming US administration will need the support and help of its allies.
"We have made it clear that we think Guantanamo Bay should be closed," a spokesman for Britain's Foreign Office said.
The UK has so far accepted nine detainees who are British nationals and four former residents. There are 60 more detainees who have been cleared for release but cannot be returned to their home countries over fears that they will be executed.
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