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Losing Hope of Israel Ever Aiding Refugees, Asylum Seeker Leader Leaves for Canada
2016-04-03 11:45:59 Post No. 69780044
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Losing Hope of Israel Ever Aiding Refugees, Asylum Seeker Leader Leaves for Canada
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2016-04-03 11:45:59
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>'Israel has a racist policy towards Africans, towards refugees,' despairs Davit Demoz, who fled the dictatorship in Eritrea and fought to improve his compatriots' lives in Israel.
>Last week, six and a-half years after he crossed the border from Sinai into Israel and two years after the big protest gatherings, Demoz packed his bags, said goodbye to his friends and went to Ben Gurion Airport. For the first time in his 29 years he got on a plane. In his hands was a one-way ticket to Toronto, Canada. “There is no future in Israel for asylum seekers, particularly not for Africans,” he told Haaretz in fluent Hebrew a day before he left. “Israel has a racist policy towards Africans, towards refugees. The government is always scaring people by telling them that asylum seekers are violent and that they pose a demographic threat.”
>Two years ago he requested asylum in Israel. In his request form he related his personal story in great detail, describing the threats he would face if he returned to Eritrea. A year later he was summoned for an interview, but hasn't received an answer up until today. He submitted an identical request to Canada. He met a Canadian citizen who was volunteering at a human rights organization in Israel and she agreed to sponsor him. Canada granted him resident status two months ago. He has no passport, but Israel has given him a one-time laissez-passer and the Canadian embassy has given him a visa. The Israeli chapter of his life is over.
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