🇵🇸 Canada Scrutinizes Medical Worker Fleeing Gaza Amid Security Concerns
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Lawyers are criticizing Canada's visa screening process for Gaza applicants with family in Canada after a medical worker was questioned about treating Hamas members.
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Kelly O'Connor, an immigration lawyer, deems it outrageous and a breach of the Geneva Convention. The program requires extensive documentation, including job history and body markings descriptions. Despite challenges crossing borders, some applicants have received visas.
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Concerns arise about privacy and discriminatory questioning, with calls for accountability and fairness in the immigration system. Canada's Immigration Department defends the screening process but declines specific comment on the medical worker's case.
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Legal experts express concerns over the legality and discriminatory nature of the questions, emphasizing the importance of providing medical care regardless of affiliation.
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Canadian immigration asks medical worker fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters
The Canadian visa program has been mired in setbacks and controversy since it opened to Canadian citizens and permanent residents hoping to get extended family members out of the Gaza Strip
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