‘Absolute madness!’ Reem Ibrahim slams court ruling that gives Gazans right to resettle in the UK

Political commentator Reem Ibrahim has blasted a court ruling allowing a Palestinian family to stay in the UK through a scheme designed for Ukrainian refugees, calling it “absolute madness”.

Speaking to GB News, Ibrahim said the decision was “effectively, human rights gone wrong”.

The ruling has sparked controversy across the political spectrum, with both Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch opposing the decision.

A family of six from Gaza applied to enter the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme after their home was destroyed in an airstrike.

Reem Ibrahim told Lee Anderson on GB News: “It’s absolutely madness. And it is effectively, as Suella Braverman said, human rights gone wrong.

“I mean, basically what’s happened is they’ve allowed the scheme that’s already been used for Ukrainians and there are a couple of different schemes that we currently have for specific asylum claims.

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“So for example, for Ukrainians, we’ve got a couple of schemes for people from Hong Kong and indeed a small number of those Ukrainians themselves

“The fact that a Palestinian has been able to claim on this scheme and claim asylum on this scheme, just shows that the scheme itself doesn’t work.

“But what I thought was particularly interesting is Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative Party, and her strategy towards attempting to criticise Sir Keir Starmer for this policy.

“Now Keir Starmer was wrong when he said at Prime Minister’s Questions that this was a policy that was allowed under the last conservative government.

“However, when she asked him about the scheme, he said I’ll look into it and we’ll try and close the loophole to be fair to him. She continued to berate him on the exact same topic, not moving on and just entirely unable to move on to those particular questions.

“So I think what’s interesting here is the scheme itself is entirely wrong and absolutely needs to be fixed. And the human rights element of it, that conversation needs to happen.

“Also, if we get an answer from government, we should be able to look into that and scrutinise it specifically.”

Following a January hearing, upper tribunal judges overturned the decision based on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the right to family life.

The family, who have been granted anonymity, includes parents and four children aged 18, 17, eight, and seven at the time of their application.

During Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called the decision “completely wrong” and said it “cannot be allowed to stand”.

Sir Keir Starmer agreed, stating: “I do not agree with the decision. She’s right, it’s the wrong decision.”

The Prime Minister pledged that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was already working on closing the legal loophole.