Minister ‘pissed off’ to hear Canadians’ families blocked from exiting Gaza
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Canada's immigration minister says it's "immensely frustrating" to hear that a list of people related to Canadians are being blocked from leaving the Gaza Strip.
Canada’s immigration minister is “pissed off” that a list of people related to Canadians are being blocked from leaving the embattled Gaza Strip, he said Wednesday.
Ottawa started accepting applications last month to reunite as many as 1,000 people in the Palestinian territory with extended family members in Canada.
Canada provided an initial list of pre-approved people to Israel and Egypt, who jointly control the only border crossing out of Gaza.
“Perhaps there is some trepidation by people on the ground as to whether to let these folks out, but it’s humanitarian gesture and it’s immensely frustrating for me,” Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Parliament Hill.
Miller previously said he’s willing to be flexible on the number of people who can access the program.
But he said in the House of Commons on Tuesday that it is “very difficult” to expand the program if nobody can get across the border.
The minister said he is looking at diplomatic options and wants to explore them before he says more publicly.
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