Post #9495

A Palestinian who has been living in Jordan for 16 years explains the route he took to arrive in Dublin to file an asylum claim. The man says he applied for an ETA visa to travel to the UK, then left his family in Jordan, spent three days in London and took an EasyJet flight to Belfast where he spent another three days before travelling down to Dublin. He said he had all his arrangements pre-booked in Jordan. When asked why he did not stay in Britain, he replied that the visa he received to enter the UK prohibits him from working or applying for asylum there. The man had been living in Irbid Camp in Jordan. Though it is called a camp, it is not a series of tents. It's a village of the type you see anywhere in the Middle East built specifically for Palestinians and with services provided by the UN's Relief and Works Agency. There are over 2.2 million Palestinians living in Jordan. They could all do the same. This is what settler colonialism looks like. 🔗youtube.com 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland