France’s top asylum court ruled that all Palestinian nationals from the Gaza Strip not granted protection by the United Nations can receive refugee status.
The country’s National Court of Asylum (CNDA) cited “the risk of persecution by the Israeli armed forces,” according to The Jerusalem Post.
The court said that Israeli military actions in Gaza met the 1951 Geneva Convention persecution threshold.
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This follows a previous ruling in September 13, 2024, that Palestinian nationals from the Strip protected by the UN could apply for refugee status in France given the fact that
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