Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: chiedono asilo

More than 7,000 French Jews have signed a petition asking for political 
asylum in the United States because of anti-Semitism in France.
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/100725.html
 

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"Following the barbarous murder of a young Jew because he was
Jewish,....
The petition asks Congress to enact a law according refugee status to
French Jews.
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Dove posso firmare?  Sono al 100% a favore di una legge simile,
tantopiu' che i firmatari non chiedono di andare a fare da carne da
cannone o di trasferirsi in terra altrui in Cis-Giordania.
Tuttavia, aggiungerei che gli USA dovrebbero anche accogliere questi:
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OTTAWA -- Canada is granting residency to growing numbers of Israeli
asylum seekers, including ethnic Russians, ultra-orthodox Jews and
political dissidents who say they are victims of political or
religious persecution in Israel.
This is upsetting Israeli authorities and members of the Jewish
community in Canada. They say the refugee claimants are smearing the
image of the Middle Eastern state as one that offers a haven to
persecuted Jews the world over.
"It upsets people in Israel because immigrant absorption in Israel is
a key value," said Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for the Israeli embassy
in Ottawa. "We're very hurt when we hear of these claims."
Israel's ambassador to Ottawa has recently called the claims "bogus"
and urged officials here not to accept Israeli asylum seekers. Mr.
Gendelman stressed that Israel is a democratic state with human-rights
institutions that serve all of its citizens.
But in many cases, Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board has
disagreed.
More than 500 Israelis applied for refugee status in Canada last year,
up from 253 in 2000. The acceptance rate rose from 5 per cent to 31
per cent in 2005 and 18 per cent last year, when IRB accepted 45
claims -- an implicit recognition that these individuals suffered
persecution in a state that could not protect their rights.
"In terms of refugee determination, the [questions are]: does the
person have a well-founded fear of persecution, is there no other in-
country flight alternative, and is there state protection available?"
IRB spokeswoman Melissa Anderson said.
The recent spike in numbers has put Israel in the top 10 countries
ranked by the number refugee applications in Canada, along with
Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
IRB officials are hard pressed to explain the increase in numbers.
Some observers have suggested that the surge in hostilities between
Israel and the Palestinians is creating a climate where political
dissidence and religious difference is less welcomed.
"Israel is a state that perceives itself as under siege," said William
Sloan, a Montreal lawyer for many ultra-orthodox Jews who say they
have been persecuted in Israel. Many ultra-orthodox Jews have publicly
disagreed with many of Israel's policies, including its stand on the
conflict with Palestinians.
"Anyone within the walls who tries to break that unity when you're
under siege is not well viewed."
Shimon Fogel, of the Canada-Israel Committee, said these refugee
claimants sometimes draw contempt from established Jewish community
members in Canada. Mr. Fogel qualified the claimants as opportunistic
migrants seeking a shortcut into Canada's immigration system.
A notorious case soon to be heard by IRB involves the son of a Yemeni
rabbi critical of Israeli authorities, who was jailed during the 1990s
after an armed standoff.
Emanuel Meshulam came to Canada in 2005, claiming persecution at the
hands of the Israeli police and the spy agency Mossad.
His father, Rabbi Uzi Meshulam, had accused Israel's European-
dominated authorities of abducting hundreds of Yemeni children. The
infants were separated from their parents during their chaotic
immigration to Israel in the late 1940s.
The disappearance itself stirred much controversy, fuelling
allegations that European Jews look down on Jews from Arab countries.
Mr. Meshulam's charges were invalidated in several state
investigations.
But in 1994, his armed followers demanded a fresh inquiry. After a
standoff, Israeli forces stormed his compound, killing one of his
devotees. Since then, Emanuel Meshulam says he was constantly followed
by police and at one point threatened at gunpoint by Mossad agents.
"They threatened to take my children away," he said through a
translator.
Other refugees are believed to be Russian-speaking citizens of the
former Soviet Union, a group that forms something of an economic
underclass, often working in jobs that fall far below their skill
levels.
Some refugee applicants are also believed to be Arab-Israelis, many of
whom complain of outright racism in Israel since the beginning of the
second intifada.
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L'atteggiamento disgustoso della comunita' Ebraica Canadese (dove e'
finita la solidarieta' fra Ebrei, specialmente con i perseguitati)
rende un'altra destinazione estremamente desiderabile.  :-/
Poi vedremo da dove ci saranno piu' profughi, fra Francia e Israele.
GT

rende un'altra destinazione estremamente desiderabile.  :-/
Perche' Torrieri?  Ci sei gia' tu che alzi il livello di idiozia del
Canada, non vuoi che ne arrivino altri a fregarti il posto? :)
*LOL*
-Stefano