The family of six, who have been granted anonymity, were displaced after their Gaza home was destroyed by an airstrike in the Israel-Hamas war.
The family initially applied for entry in January last year using the Ukraine Family Scheme to join the father’s brother, who has lived in the UK since 2007 and is a British citizen.
The family – comprising a mother, father and their four children aged between seven and 18 – then had an appeal against the decision dismissed by a first-tier immigration tribunal judge in September.
Judge Hugo Norton-Taylor said there were “exceptional circumstances”.
“We conclude that the respondent’s (Home Office’s) refusal of the collective human rights claim does not, on the particular facts of these cases, strike a fair balance between the appellants’ interests and those of the public,” his judgment said.
“Accordingly, the appellants’ appeals are allowed.”
The judge also referenced what he called a “floodgates” argument, in which the Home Office said an obligation to admit the family risked the same outcome applying to those in other conflicts around the world.
“Nevertheless, we are clear that there is no resettlement route from Gaza, and we will continue to contest any future claims that do not meet our rules.”
A total of 56,800 people came to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme, before it was closed last February.
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