(Jewish News) Immigration minister Tom Pursglove has said calls for the UK government to set up a Gaza family visa scheme for Palestinians to come to this country would be kept “under review” during a debate in Westminster.
Responding to a succession of speeches from MPs demanding the launch of a Ukraine-style scheme to allow Palestinians to escape the conflict in Gaza by reuniting with their families in the UK, Pursglove said decisions as to who can leave Gaza and enter Egypt remain with the Israeli and Egyptian authorities.
He added: “I think that the House will recognise that the security relationship with, for example, the Ukrainian authorities is very different from the one we have with the authorities in Gaza, who are a terrorist organisation.”
