 As of September 16, 2009, Hungary, France, Ireland and Portugal, Palau and Bermuda had formally agreed to take former Guantanamo detainees, and according to Fried, France, Spain, Italy and Belgium had detainees under consideration.During his tenure as the Guantanamo envoy approximately fifty captives were repatriated or sent to safe third countries.On January 28, 2013 Charlie Savage, writing in "The New York Times" reported that Fried would be reassigned, and wrote that according to