Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: David Baxter
Publication Date: July 4, 2025 - 10:05
Academics call on Ottawa to speed up visa approvals as Palestinian students left stranded amid delays
July 4, 2025
A group of Canadian academics is calling on the federal government to speed up approvals of student visas for Palestinians after two students who were accepted at a Canadian university died before they could leave the region.
Ayman Oweida, chair of the Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk Network, said the two students, twin sisters, were killed in an airstrike in Gaza in December.
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