FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MAY 2, 2024:
The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) is alarmed by reports that the Government of Israel has not permitted a single person selected under Canada’s Temporary Resident Visa program (“the program”) for Gazans to safely exit Gaza. The denial of exit not only puts these individuals’ lives at risk but is a grave violation of Palestinians’ fundamental right to exit Gaza, enshrined in human rights treaties including the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. . .
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