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

Families brought legal challenge after Home Office refused to decide on reunion applications without biometric data

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.