Question follow-through · 90559

Refugees: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a community sponsorship scheme for refugees from Gaza.

answeredDr Ellie ChownsHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
18 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a community sponsorship scheme for refugees from Gaza.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    We are not considering establishing a bespoke immigration route for Palestinians. In any humanitarian situation, the UK must carefully consider its approach in response. Any decision to implement a bespoke visa scheme would need to consider a range of fac...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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