Shaker Aamer, the last British man to be detained in Guantanamo Bay, said today that not calling his Battersea MP Jane Ellison is the biggest mistake he has made since he was released last year. 

Mr Aamer told the Wandsworth Guardian, that "a woman like Jane Ellison should be thanked". 

He said: "She stood up with my family for a long time. 

"I am going to talk to her and thank her, I am sure." 

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Mr Aamer met with other previous detainees from Guantanamo outside the American Embassy in Mayfair and called again for the prison to be closed. 

He said: "It is time to let the world know the truth about that place. 

"Let us move on and just shut it down. 

"They are not looking for anything but to go home.

"The American public has to understand there are human beings in there." 

Since his release, he has returned to his home in Battersea, but he said the area is not as it was when he left. 

Mr Aamer, who is a father of four, said: "It is easy to integrate with society but it is not easy to forget. 

"I enjoy being with my wife and kids but unfortunately we live in a bad area. 

"There is a lot of drug trafficking. 

"I have seen a lot of bad kids around and my kid was offered drugs. 

"I did not think things like that happen here." 

Mr Aamer said he and his family were all having help from a psychiatrist to adjust to life.

He said: "I get recognised which is something I do not like but some people are so happy to see me. 

"People say I am strong. 

"I had a little bit of hardship as a child so maybe that prepared me. 

"I do not think I am that great a person but those who stood behind me, those are the people who deserve the attention." 

Mr Aamer said he hopes to remain in Wandsworth and that he often goes for jogs in Clapham Common.