The government is working to close a loophole which allowed a Palestinian family the right to live in the UK, after they originally applied through a scheme designed for Ukrainians. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch raised the case during Prime Minister’s Questions, saying it was “completely wrong”. The family of six, whose home in Gaza was destroyed by an air strike, applied to join the father’s brother in the UK using the Ukraine Family Scheme. The application was refused in May last year, after the Home Office concluded the requirements of the scheme were not met. The family’s initial appeal was dismissed by a first-tier immigration tribunal judge in September. But following a further appeal, a higher court upheld the right of the family to be allowed to live in the UK under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the right to a family life.
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