Exclusive: many resettled Guantánamo detainees in legal limbo, analysis shows

One-third of former prisoners sent to third countries are lacking legal status - unable to work or travel and at risk of human rights abuses

About 30% of former Guantanamo detainees who were resettled in third countries have not been granted legal status, according to new analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian, leaving them vulnerable to deportation and restricting their ability to rebuild their lives.

Of the hundreds of men released from Guantanamo since the prison first opened 20 years ago, about 150 were sent to third countries in bilateral agreements brokered by the US, because their home countries were considered dangerous to return to.