[news] Sateless and Exhausted

[Resist!ca]

Stateless and Exhausted Refugees in Montreal face the endurance test of Immigration Canada By Aaron Lakoff aaron at resist.ca In the streets of Montreal this past Saturday, September 18th, Palestinian refugees and their supporters held a demonstration under the banner "Stateless and Deported".  Approximately 1000 gathered on Saint Catherine street to put an end to their deportation back to refugee camps throughout the Middle East.  Through the sunshine and autumn air, a steady chant could be heard - "Nous sommes fatigues!  Donnez nous nos papiers!"  This chant ("we are tired! give us our papers!") speaks volumes of the refugee experience in Canada.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/9/20/104111/476