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Hundreds of Gazans’ families are seeking immigration as a result of their desperate struggle to live a normal life. A huge number of Gazan’s refugees who have always dreamed to return to their original homeland are fighting to get outside instead, those people who feel that they live under a conflict that will never end have chose escaping from this battle, and seek a better life outside, no matter where, what really matters for them is having the feeling of safety and security. Life in Gaza became unbearable; people are hopeless and frustrated, especially for the thousands of university graduates who cannot find jobs due to the increasing unemployment rate. Since Hamas has took over the control of Gaza on January 2006, people their haven’t seen an opened gate for a better life; they have been living over three years in a continuous blocked, and lack of all the daily basic needs as a collective punishment, Gazans have been forbidden from moving in or outside the Gaza Strip, students lost their chances to study abroad for higher degrees, and haven’t got a chance to better their education inside. Not only people who couldn’t move, but also goods.
The Gaza Strip has six border crossing, five of which are directly controlled by Israel and the sixth crossing is Rafah crossing on the Egyptian side, which has been almost continually closed since June 2006, this illegal closure was a reason of massive restrictions on the trading movement which caused a collapse in the Gazan’s economy, where more than 80 percent of live under the poverty line; most of those Palestinians who have been affected due to the siege imposed up on the government and the ordinary Palestinian people as a form of collective punishment live in the Gaza Strip. Though this horrible situation wasn’t everything; People in Gaza have still punished in a three-week onslaught where up to 1200 people got killed, hundreds were injured and millions of dollars of property were destroyed.
A long with Israeli collective punishment, The continuous fighting between the two main fraction, Hamas and Fatah ,and the blood shower which is not finished yet lead to a depression and pessimism in the Palestinian community. Though, the distress of seeing one’s homeland decimated, as is the case in Gaza, still pales in comparison to what the average Palestinian in Gaza says is the real problem: factional bickering, seemingly the least cause of concern when residents are living in tents in the year 2009. People in Gaza are not any more able to handle such a tough life, and has nearly lost their hopes for a better life, thus they became questioning their life in Gaza. Ahmed Yaseen , 24 year-old said: “I have no life here, I have graduated two years ago with as an engineer, but I still haven’t got a job and I don’t think I will in such a situation. Why should I stay?’’. Gaza’s youth are seeking emigration in record numbers, as travel agencies in Gaza say they are filling up with registered, would-be émigrés.
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But just Norway, Australia and Sweden have agreed to accept Gazan refugees, though as a part of the EU,there are alot of obstacles to get a Chingen visa for those young Palestinian who seek immigration. Rola Abu Samra, 27 years old, who has her parents and little brother immigrated to Norway and left alone along with her younger sister Rana because they both need a separate procedures due to their age are trying hardly to get out of Gaza, though as every Gazan they are facing difficulties in obtaining a Chingen visa to access Europe. Rola said: ‘’My father has left to Norway a year ago, he could take my mum and my little brother with a hope that we will follow him, but I’m still filling up immigration applications and applying for visa hoping that I will get approved, it’s so hard being left here and never be sure that you would be able to join your family again.’’ On the other hand, Some Palestinians have considered staying in Gaza just for their pay checks, while few others have got jobs in Gaza, and believe that it’s a big risk leaving their life and start all over again, but that still doesn’t mean that they are enjoying their life in Gaza, its only cause they have just got no choice. Dr.Nehad,40 year-old said: “Both of me and my wife have jobs here, and we have two kids that we are responsible for, I just can’t take such a big risk, though if I were by myself I would definitely go for one, because life here became unbearable, specially for youth.”
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