Montreal - About 200 people marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday
demanding dozens of the city's Palestinian refugees be spared deportation.
A coalition of community groups told a news conference Friday it has asked
Immigration Minister Denis Coderre to halt the deportation of the refugees
and give them Canadian citizenship.
About 100 refugees, who have lived in Canada for several years, face
squalid conditions in camps located in Lebanon and nearby Palestinian
territories, said the coalition.

Those who are returned overseas would have no right to own property, no
access to medical care and no freedom of movement, the group added.

The coalition includes Palestinian and Asian associations, as well as
left-wing activist groups.

They say 89 other groups from across Canada support the refugees.

Coalition Contre la Déportation des Réfugiés Palestiniens / Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees

2003-2005

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