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Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Canada faces lawsuit over delays in Gaza visa programme

Palestinians sit around a fire amid the destruction in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on February 17 [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

Montreal, Canada – Palestinian families are suing the Canadian government over delays in the issuance of visas meant to allow them to escape Israel’s deadly war in Gaza and receive temporary protection in Canada.

Filed in the Federal Court of Canada this month, on behalf of 53 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with family members in Canada, the lawsuit alleges that the country’s special visa programme has been plagued by inefficiencies.

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