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Montrealers fight deportation of Palestinians
Edmonton Sun
Saturday,
July 19, 2003
MONTREAL (CP) - 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.
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