A court has granted Palestinian refugees the right to live in the UK after they had requested through a scheme for Ukrainians who flee the war against Russia.
The family of six from Gaza – a mother, father and four children between seven and 18 years old – reportedly had submitted an application to the Ukraine family scheme with the request to join their brother who already lived in the UK, but but The home office rejected their application.
An immigration court has now ruled that this rejection has violated the human rights of the family.
Despite the warnings from the home office, the decision came to the decision that this case could open the attributes for the admission of everyone in conflict zones with family in the UK, “according to the Telegraph.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said that this case illustrated that changes in human rights laws were necessary, so that decisions about who could live in the UK, are at the parliament and not individual judges.
They family said that the family schedule of Ukraine suited their circumstances best after their house in Gaza was destroyed in an air raid and that they were confronted for daily threats for their lives by further attacks in the refugee camp where they lived.
The scheme enabled Ukrainians and their family members to find refuge in Great -Britain if they have a family member who is established a British national or in the UK.
It closed last February, almost two years after it was set up in March 2022.
The family of six from Gaza reportedly applied to the family scheme in Ukraine with the request to join their brother in the UK, but the Home Office rejected their request (file image of Palestinians in a refugee camp in Gaza)
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp (photo) said that this case illustrated that changes in human rights laws were necessary, so that decisions about who could live in the UK, are to parliament and not individual judges
They family said that the family schedule of Ukraine suited their circumstances best after their house in Gaza had been destroyed in an air raid and that they were confronted for daily threats for their lives by further attacks in the refugee camp where they lived (file image of a refugee camp)))
The family is said to have reported that their application, which was submitted in January 2024, should be granted despite collision with the rules for schedules because their situation was so 'mandatory and compassionate'.
An immigration ribunal initially refused the claim because the scheme for Ukrainians did not apply to the situation of the Palestinian family.
The judge ruled that it should be up to parliament to decide which countries should benefit from resettlement schemes.
But this decision was destroyed by Judge Hugo Norton-Taylor in a tribunal at a higher level.
He granted the Palestinians the right to live in the UK with their brother on the basis of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which outlines the right to a family life.
Judge Norton-Taylor reportedly said that the 'extreme and life-threatening' situation of the family weighs heavier against the 'public interest' of rules that regulate access to the UK.
The home office said that the statement was not the same as a resettlement schedule for people from Gaza and that the similar claims would dispute as that of the Palestinian family of six in the future.
Shadow secretary Mr. Philp criticized the 'alarming and dangerous' statement and told De Telegraaf that it 'provides a basis for everyone in a conflict zone around the world with relations in the UK to get here'.
