Post by Murph on May 1, 2024 6:50:35 GMT -6
Biden Ponders Welcoming Some Gaza Refugees in the US
Internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News reveal that the Biden administration is contemplating the possibility of admitting some specific Gaza Arabs to the United States as refugees (White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from war-torn Gaza as refugees). This potential American action aims to provide a lasting sanctuary for individuals escaping the conflict-ridden Gaza.
According to UNRWA figures, as of January 2015, there are 8 UNRWA refugee camps in the Gaza Strip with 1,276,929 registered “refugees” out of a population of 1,816,379.
The reason for the quotation marks around the term “refugees” is the fact that the vast majority of them were born and raised in Gaza, and never experienced relocation as the result of war, whether in 1948 or 1967. Indeed, UNRWA is the only UN agency dealing with refugees whose goal is not to chart a new future in different countries for people who fled war-torn countries, but instead to preserve their status as refugees, often living in squalor.
www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/gaza/report-biden-ponders-welcoming-some-gaza-refugees-in-the-us/2024/05/01/