Canada said in May it would bring in up to 5,000 Gazans - expanding on a pledge in December to take in 1,000 from the Palestinian enclave. Months later, just over 300 have arrived, with 698 applications approved out of over 4,200 submitted.
Reuters spoke with multiple applicants who said they have been waiting for months since submitting biometric information, dashing their hopes of a swift reunion with relatives in Canada.
Immigration lawyers say the wait for Gazans is longer than those faced by other groups fleeing conflict or disaster, and that the small numbers approved contrast with hundreds of thousands of visas granted to Ukrainians under a similar program offering temporary status.
also the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government?
It’s getting harder and harder to constantly blame Israel while they are under coordinated attack by Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. I feel sorry for ordinary Gazans, and ordinary Lebanese too, but I know that the blame for their situation rests with Iran and its proxies.
I am not trying to only blame the Israeli government, both terrorism and genocide are bad.
Gotcha. Fair enough.