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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Neha Gohil

Home Office refusal of Gaza family reunion requests ‘irrational’, judge rules

Palestinians pushing bikes and carts walk among debris from Rafah to Khan Younis
The families who brought the case had been forced to flee their homes due to Israel’s bombardment and lacked access to food, water and medical treatment. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Families in Gaza have won a legal case against the Home Office after a judge ruled the department’s decisions were a “disproportionate interference” in their right to a family life.

Two challenges were brought against the Home Office in February this year after it refused to decide on family reunion applications from families in Gaza without biometric data, including fingerprints and photographs.

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