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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn

Palestinian family ask UK court to force officials to help them leave Gaza

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office building in Whitehall.
The Foreign Office refused to support the family’s exit from Gaza, despite their application to come to Britain being granted by the Home Office. Photograph: Dinendra Haria/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

A Palestinian family of six who are trapped in Gaza despite having permission to join a relative in the UK have gone to court to try to force British authorities to help them leave.

Their case caused political controversy in February when the prime minister, Keir Starmer, said an immigration tribunal judge was wrong to grant them the right to live in the UK after they applied through a scheme originally meant for Ukrainian refugees.

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