In January, Canada was one of 16 countries to put a freeze on funding for the organization following allegations from Israel that a dozen of its workers participated in Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks on Israeli soil.
He also said the decision came because the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is growing more dire by the day, and aid is urgently needed.The European Union, Australia, Sweden, Finland and Iceland have also restored at least some of their funding to UNRWA, but several of its biggest donors, including the U.S., have yet to do so.
Hussen said Ottawa is increasingly concerned about the "lack of adequate access" to get aid into Gaza, particularly in the north, where officials say famine is imminent. Hussen was in Egypt in February, where he said he saw 700 aid trucks sitting at the border, where they had been stalled for three to four weeks.
Security has been a concern for Israel, which is heavily involved in controlling access to the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt."However, I believe that even with that consideration, the amount and the volume of aid that's going in can be increased, particularly by considering more border crossings," Hussen said.
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