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Starmer promises to close ‘loophole’ allowing Palestinians right to remain under Ukraine scheme
Palestinians walk along a street amid widespread destruction caused by the Israeli military's ground and air offensive against Hamas in Gaza City's Jabaliya refugee camp, February 11, 2025

SIR KEIR STARMER has vowed to close a “loophole” that allowed a Palestinian family to remain in Britain after they applied through a scheme designed for Ukrainian refugees.

The Prime Minister said today that the decision was “wrong,” Parliament should set the rules on immigration and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was “working on closing this loophole.”

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch raised the case at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), urging Sir Keir to appeal against the decision and introduce legislation to “clarify the right to a family life” under article eight of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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