Almost every day there seem to be new headlines about abuses of the asylum and immigration system. The latest involves the case of a Gazan family who were granted the right to remain in the United Kingdom after they applied to enter the country under the Ukraine Family Scheme visa.
Unsurprisingly, the Home Office determined that the Gazan family did not qualify for the Ukrainian scheme. The government also concluded there were no compelling, compassionate circumstances to justify the family remaining in the UK.
The family’s initial application was dismissed by a first-tier immigration tribunal judge in September last year. However, they were allowed to remain after an appeal to the Upper Tribunal concluded they were protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to family life).
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