Canada’s immigration minister said Wednesday he is “pissed off” that people related to Canadians are being blocked from leaving the embattled Gaza Strip.
Ottawa started accepting applications last month to reunite as many as 1,000 people in the Palestinian territory with extended family members in Canada.
Canada provided an initial list of pre-approved people to Israel and Egypt, which jointly control the only border crossing out of Gaza.
“Perhaps there is some trepidation by people on the ground as to whether to let these folks out, but it’s humanitarian gesture and it’s immensely frustrating for me,” Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Parliament
