Canadian advocates, academics urge reassessment of refused study permits for Palestinian students from Gaza

Rights advocates, academics and a Canadian party leader urged the government on Wednesday to reassess refused study permit applications from Palestinian graduate students accepted into Canadian universities, warning that promises of fair treatment have not been kept, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a news conference in Ottawa on behalf of the Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk Network (PSSAR), Baher Abdulhai said: “Despite repeated assurances from government officials, students from Gaza are receiving refusals, rather than the fair resolutions they were promised.” “What began as a crisis of endless processing times and delays turned into a crisis of fairness and accountability. Unfortunately, the government’s commitments have not translated into results,” he said. Abdulhai said that of 37 students outside the Gaza […]