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Home Office refuses to set up Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians

The government said it has ‘no plans’ to waive fees or tests to help Palestinians reunite with family in the UK

By Adam Bychawski
Home Office refuses to set up Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians
British-Palestinian families said they felt "abandoned" by the government. | Ashraf Amra, Getty Images
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The Home Office is refusing to set up a Ukraine-style visa scheme to help Palestinians stranded in Gaza reunite with family in the UK.

More than 25,000 people signed a parliamentary petition asking for the government to waive fees, salary thresholds and tests for Palestinians displaced by Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

But the Home Office rejected the request in December, saying it had “no plans to introduce bespoke arrangements for people arriving from the region”.

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