ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 62-year-old Ontario woman says her brother has died in northern Gaza after weeks spent searching for food and refuge while he waited for word from the federal government about whether he could come to Canada.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 62-year-old Ontario woman says her brother has died in northern Gaza after weeks spent searching for food and refuge while he waited for word from the federal government about whether he could come to Canada.
She was joined by her son Marcus in a recent interview."Mom had started to tidy up the room and fix everything up," 36-year-old Marcus Karashuli said, his voice breaking."She had clothes because they'd be coming with nothing. We truly believe in Canadian values, but we're shocked that they're not able to do anything ... it's just a lot of time, lost effort, a lot of false hope.
As of March 11, 986 applications had been accepted into processing under the program, but only 14 people had managed to cross from Gaza into Egypt for the required final screenings and been cleared to come to Canada, the federal Immigration Department said in a statement. Immigration Minister Marc Miller has expressed frustration at Canada's impotence when it comes to facilitating the crossing of approved family members into Egypt. He said in Ottawa Monday that Canada is pleading with Egypt and Israel to let those people out so they can complete their security screening in Cairo and receive a visa.
Qarsholi was 67 when he died. There are no functioning hospitals left in northern Gaza, so there was no doctor to pronounce him dead or determine how he died.
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