Written Question·Home Office·UIN 71531

Refugees: Gaza

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will waive biometric requirements for children medically evacuated from Gaza to the UK.

Answer

Mike Tapp
The Prime Minister announced at the end of July that the UK will medically evacuate Gazan children for treatment in the UK. A cross-government taskforce is working urgently to get some of these sick and injured children out of Gaza, so that they can recei...

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