The UK’s Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has successfully appealed against a court verdict which ruled a family from Gaza could come to the UK under a scheme meant for Ukrainian refugees.
The family of six, who were last known to be living in a tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp, were granted permission to come to the UK to live with the father’s brother in September last year. But the Home Office challenged the decision, with the Court of Appeal ruling in the government’s favour on Wednesday.
Citing Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights, the family and the brother in the UK had successfully argued that not being allowed to come to the UK would be a breach of the article’s “right to family life”.
They had applied through a scheme normally reserved for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion by choosing the application option of “the route which most closely matches your circumstances”. The family are said to be at increased risk in Gaza owing to their “anti-Hamas profile” in addition to the “indiscriminate and lethal attacks” from Israel’s military campaign.
“Their position is extremely dangerous.
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