On Wednesday, the news came that 51 Norwegians have got out of Gaza. There are still around 200 Norwegians in the Gaza Strip. The Foreign Ministry has announced that the Norwegians must pay for the return journey themselves.
– As always with assisted departure, the individual will be asked to pay for costs related to the flight ticket and accommodation, writes communications adviser Cecilie Skjennald in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an e-mail to NTB.
– If you do not have funds, you can request a loan from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Skjennald writes to NTB.
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Waqar Tahir Dar has become deeply involved in the suffering of the Palestinian civilian population. Although he has no connection to the war, he tells Nettavisen that he has seen himself as a Palestinian in recent weeks.
That is why Dar started a splicing fundraiser to help the Norwegians out of Gaza.
The decision that Norway will not recognize Palestine as a separate state, but enter into a compromise, upset him. When the notice that Norwegians evacuating from the Gaza Strip must pay themselves came on Thursday morning, he felt that he had to do something to contribute.
– What I do know is that no Norwegian citizen stuck in a humanitarian crisis for 40 days should take on debt to pay for their evacuation. Because that is exactly what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. If you don’t have money, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives them a loan, says Dar to Nettavisen.
– We are now talking about people who have suffered, thirsted, starved, frozen, seen bomb rain, seen loved ones die, seen fear in their children’s eyes for 40 days.
Want people home safely
In the splice, Dar writes that he reacts to Norway giving money for weapons and war, but not for evacuation from war.
– I don’t really need to mention anything more. Because the whole world has seen this already. Now we just want our Norwegian citizens home in a dignified and respectable way. If the state of Norway is so stingy, then the people will foot the bill themselves.
– Whether it is our tax money that is used for this or whether it is our pocket money. It’s fat, says Dar to Nettavisen.
2023-11-16 17:32:14
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