PUBLICATION: The London Free Press
DATE: 2003.07.20
About 200 people marched through downtown Montreal yesterday 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 years face squalid
conditions in camps in Lebanon and nearby Palestinian territories, the coalition
said. Those who are returned would have no right to property, no access to
medical care and no freedom of movement, the group added. KEYWORDS=DEPORTATION
PUBLICATION: The London Free Press
DATE: 2003.07.20
EDITION: Final
SECTION: News
PAGE: 8
BYLINE: FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
DATELINE: MONTREAL
COLUMN: National Digest
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