{"id":236969,"date":"2025-02-12T04:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T04:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/palestinian-family-allowed-to-remain-in-uk-after-applying-through-ukrainian-refugee-scheme\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T04:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T04:07:19","slug":"palestinian-family-allowed-to-remain-in-uk-after-applying-through-ukrainian-refugee-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/palestinian-family-allowed-to-remain-in-uk-after-applying-through-ukrainian-refugee-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian family allowed to remain in UK after applying through Ukrainian refugee scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Palestinian family that fled Gaza has been granted the right to live in the UK following an appeal – after they applied to enter the country through a Ukrainian refugee scheme.<\/p>\n

The mother, father and their four children – who were aged seven, eight, 17 and 18 in September – were displaced after their home was destroyed by an airstrike in the Israel-Hamas war<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They applied for entry to the UK using the Ukraine Family Scheme to join the father’s brother, who has lived in the UK since 2007 and is a British citizen.<\/p>\n

Their application was refused in May last year after the Home Office concluded the requirements of the scheme were not met.<\/p>\n

The family of six, who have been granted anonymity, had an appeal against the decision dismissed by a first-tier immigration tribunal judge in September.<\/p>\n

However they have been granted the right to live in the UK after upper tribunal judges allowed a further appeal, on the grounds of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which protects the right to family life, following a hearing in January.<\/p>\n

The Home Office has said it contested the family’s claim “rigorously” at both tribunals.<\/p>\n

It added that the family’s case is “very specific” and does not set a precedent for other potential applicants to follow the same process<\/p>\n

Judge Hugo Norton-Taylor had said in his judgment at the upper tribunal: “We conclude that the respondent’s (Home Office’s) refusal of the collective human rights claim does not, on the particular facts of these cases, strike a fair balance between the appellants’ interests and those of the public.<\/p>\n

“On a cumulative basis, the weight we attach to the considerations weighing on the appellants’ side of the scales demonstrates a very strong claim indeed. Put another way, there are very compelling or exceptional circumstances.<\/p>\n

“Accordingly, the appellants’ appeals are allowed.”<\/p>\n

The judge said the evidence shows the security and humanitarian situation in Gaza remains “exceptionally dangerous” and “dire”.<\/p>\n

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He highlighted that the youngest children, now aged seven and nine, are “at a high risk of death or serious injury on a daily basis” and that it is “overwhelmingly” in their best interests to be in a safe or safer environment together with their parents and siblings.<\/p>\n

Mr Norton-Taylor also detailed submissions by the Home Office which argued the absence of a resettlement scheme for Palestinians in Gaza was a “significant” consideration, and that allowing the appeals would be “a leap” in terms of the UK’s obligations to allow family members living in conflicts entry.<\/p>\n

The judge referenced what he called a “floodgates” argument, in which the Home Office said an obligation to admit the family risked the same outcome applying to those in other conflicts around the world.<\/p>\n

A Home Office spokesperson said: “The Home Office contested this claim rigorously at both the first and upper tier tribunal. The latter court ruled against us on the narrow facts of this specific case.<\/p>\n

“Nevertheless, we are clear that there is no resettlement route from Gaza and we will continue to contest any future claims that do not meet our rules.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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