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Jenin Region: Palestinian Man and Refugee Claim

jenin region: He has been in Canada, living in Montreal, for almost ten years, according to Rabble. He claimed refugee status on arrival, but despite coming from territory under violent military occupation, his refugee claim was denied. Omar Ben Ali is a Palestinian man from the Jenin region of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He then applied for immigration status in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, and that was also denied. So he remains stateless and in bureaucratic limbo, separated from his wife and children, unable to go back to the home he came from and yet prevented by law from very basic elements of belonging and from living a normal life in the country that he has made his new home. And yet, despite having no legal status in Canada, Omar cannot return to Palestine Canada does not recognize the existence of a Palestinian state, and Israel as the occupying power will not allow him to return. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.