Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

A child looks through a covering made from blankets at a tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis last week. Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters

The Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of the war-torn region.

Last September, the Home Office announced it was suspending refugee family reunion applications and that new, more restrictive rules would be announced in the spring. So far there has been no announcement and the process remains suspended.