According to ABC News, the Australian Government has extended temporary visas to hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza.
“The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed 860 visas have been approved for Palestinians with connections to Australia between October 7 to November 20,” the report said.
The GazaPassage Pledge is part of the organization’s Phase II plan it announced on October 27. Six days later, the UAE accepted the pledge in allowing 1000 families of injured children to leave Gaza.
Egypt has publicly claimed to oppose all such efforts.
GazaPassage is working to ensure the UAE, Australia, Egypt, and other nations and organizations around the world help non-combatants leave Gaza for humanitarian purposes.
GazaPassage formally published its pledge on December 3 for broad distribution. It is republished below.
GAZAPASSAGE PLEDGE
Pursuant to (at least*) the Conditions below, the nation of _____ offers up to ______[#] humanitarian non-combatant beneficiaries from Gaza temporary residence, who meet its criteria.
*Each pledging nation is likely to have more detailed and exacting conditions. Nothing in the GazaPassage Pledge restricts a nation from exercising its discretion in any manner for ensuring the success of the humanitarian effort.
Conditions:
1) This offer pertains to Temporary Status Only.2) Each pledging nation may set its own terms for the length of Temporary Status, which may be open-ended, fixed time or conditioned upon the cessation of hostilities in Gaza.3) Nothing in this pledge requires that a pledging nation is responsible for the costs of the Pledge. That is, a pledging nation may require financial assistance from the international community as a condition of taking the pledge.
