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Asylum seeking Palestinians commencing a hunger strike in Sweden The 8th of January over a hundred Palestinians gathered in Gothenburg, Sweden to commence a round the clock sit strike against the new Swedish migration authorities decision that’s seeing hundreds of Palestinian families facing deportation and a state of limbo. Due to the situation in Palestine, Gaza and a lot of the countries where the Palestinians have travelled from it is impossible for the migration authorities to enforce the deportations and so the Palestinians remain in Sweden but are unable to work or access basic services such as healthcare or education. Because of the severity of their situation some of the Palestinians are seeing no other option then commencing an indefinite hunger strike starting tuesday, 3rd of February. So far over twenty Palestinians have pledged to hunger strike and the number is likely to increase. “mohammad who has been here for blablbalbla quote” Many of the Palestinians who are striking are refugees since their grandparents were exiled from Palestine between 1947-1948 and would like to return back to their original home. They are currently unable to do so and in the new US “deal of the century” framework it explicitly states that no Palestinians can return back to their original homes if those homes lie outside the fragmented map the US administration is presenting. This desperation of not being allowed to return back home and not being allowed to live dignified lives in Sweden despite having an official refugee status is driving the Palestinians in Sweden to see hunger striking as a measure of last resort to get the authorities to see