A well-known British-Palestinian surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, was denied entry to France on his way to speak at a French Senate meeting about the Israel-Hamas war. Authorities wouldn't give a reason for the decision.
Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta was placed in a holding zone in the Charles de Gaulle airport and will be expelled, as confirmed by French Sen. Raymonde Poncet Monge, who had invited him to speak at the Senate.
Abu Sitta was denied entry in France due to a one-year ban by Germany on his entry to Europe. Germany denied him entry last month, both France and Germany being part of Europe's border-free Schengen zone. He was being sent back to London.
Last month, Abu Sitta was also denied entry to Germany for a pro-Palestinian conference, where he was stopped at passport control and told to return to the UK due to safety and public order concerns.
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