Thirty-five thousand Palestinians have emigrated from the Gaza Strip in 2018, the Hebrew daily Ha´aretz reported in a report on Sunday.
According to the report, those who have migrated through the Rafah border crossing, heading to Turkey or to other countries such as Greece, Sweden and Germany. Pointing out that the cost of travel amounts to at least $ 4,000.
The report pointed out that the majority of immigrants are educated, including 150 doctors, which prompted Hamas to prevent doctors from leaving the sector for immigration.
He pointed to the deaths of dozens of Palestinians drowned while trying to reach Europe, whether through Turkey or other. Where 13 migrants died last month off the coast of Turkey while trying to go to Greece.
In November 2017, Palestinians in Gaza took advantage of the opening of the crossing almost normally and decided to emigrate.
According to relief organizations, during the year 2018, 60,000 left the sector, about 37 thousand returned, while others estimate that 35 thousand emigrated and did not return.
