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e-1500 (Refugees)
- Keywords
- Eritrea
- Foreign policy
- Israel
- Refugees
- Sudan
E-petition
Initiated by Jennifer Miedema from Mono, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Canadian refugee sponsorship groups have applications in process right now at the Canadian visa office in Israel to sponsor refugees;
- Some of them have been held by the visa office for two years without any progress or notification; and
- These refugees are now in imminent danger of deportation to an unnamed African country where they will likely be without legal status and in danger again.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Immediately act in response to the impending humanitarian disaster in Israel, as Israel plans to forcibly deport thousands of asylum-seekers beginning in March 2018;
2. Add Canada’s voice to the growing chorus of agencies, such as Human Rights Watch and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in asking Israel not to expel these Eritrean and Sudanese people by sending a strong message to Israel that the eyes of the world are on them and urge them to do what is right; and
3. Ask the Israeli government to protect asylum-seekers who have refugee sponsorships underway with the Canadian government.
- Open for signature
- February 12, 2018, at 2:11 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 12, 2018, at 2:11 p.m. (EDT)
