Exclusive: Mohammed Baraka’s case alleges discrimination on basis of nationality after EU counterparts were transferred
A Palestinian man who was dismissed from his job in Gaza after the war broke out is suing the European Union for allegedly breaching Belgian law.
Mohammed Baraka, who worked at the EU border assistance mission (EUBam) at Rafah after its inception in 2006 as an unarmed civilian third-party presence, has filed his case in a Belgian court.
He had been evacuated to Cairo after the war broke out with the assistance of the EU and continued to work there, as did other colleagues in the West Bank.
But he was dismissed this year after the EU decided to close the office in Rafah due to the war.
