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Gazans Flee to Europe
(Al-Monitor) Huda Baroud - Mahmoud, 23, left Gaza on Sept. 16 after he had been detained by Hamas' internal security services on suspicion of collaborating with Israel. "Rumors spread in al-Zaytoun neighborhood that I was a spy for Israel. It became impossible for me to stay in Gaza, so I decided to leave," Mahmoud said." Along with 122 Palestinians from Gaza arrested during the first half of October and detained in southern Algeria, he awaits release by the Algerian government so he can continue his journey to Europe. Crossing the Gaza-Egypt border in a timely manner required payment of $1,500. Some 500 Palestinians from Gaza traveled via Turkey to Greece in August and September. Dozens of Gazans travel illegally on a daily basis to Morocco to seek asylum in the Spanish city of Melilla on the north coast of Africa.