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Delay biometric visa checks for 80 Gaza college students, dozens of MPs urge UK authorities

By Editorial Board Published August 5, 2025 6 Min Read
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Delay biometric visa checks for 80 Gaza college students, dozens of MPs urge UK authorities

Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed and Barry Gardiner are main the cost, asking Dwelling Secretary Yvette Cooper to defer the requirement, so the scholars can take up their college locations in September.

Nevertheless, shadow dwelling secretary Chris Philp says the biometric checks shouldn’t be deferred, arguing they’re “an essential part of our security arrangements”.

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As a way to acquire a UK visa, candidates should present a photograph of their face, in addition to their fingerprints. The Dwelling Workplace steerage says these information factors “play a significant role in delivering security and facilitation in the border and immigration system”.

UK visa course of for Gazans ‘all however inconceivable’

Within the letter, the MPs elevate the case of a Haia Mohamed, who they describe as a “young poet in Gaza”, who has gained a scholarship to Goldsmiths Faculty in London.

However neither she nor 79 different profitable candidates to UK universities are in a position to journey to the UK as a result of offering the required biometric information is “all but impossible”.

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Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed and Barry Gardiner are rallying colleagues to assist their efforts. Pics: UK Parliament

They write: “Even before the war, leaving Gaza to pursue higher education was a complex process. The ongoing siege and restrictions made travel extremely difficult, but in the current state of constant bombardment, shootings at aid sites, and an IPC-declared famine, this process has become all but impossible.”

The UK did have an authorised centre in Gaza that was in a position to course of biometric information, nevertheless it was closed in October 2023 after the 7 October Hamas assault, and as Israel’s conflict in response to the atrocity acquired underneath method, based on The Guardian.

As consequence, they’re asking the house secretary to “defer biometric data screening for student visa applicants based in Gaza and open a safe passage to enable these young people to fulfil their academic dreams”, mentioning that different nations in Europe “have taken proactive steps to ensure safe evacuation routes for students bound for their countries”.

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UK to deal with extra Gaza youngsters

College students are ‘the way forward for Palestine’

The Brent West MP additionally mentioned that that is about “giving the state of Palestine the possibility of a future”.

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Sky's Diana Magnay explains what Israel's current occupation of Gaza looks like and how this has developed over time - as well as what a 'full occupation' could look like.

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What would a ‘full Gaza occupation’ appear like?

“These young people are the future of Palestine. They are the young talent, and it doesn’t matter whether they’re constructing a road network, or a sewage system, or they’re town planners or, as in the case of Haia Mohamed, astonishingly profound poets – the state of Palestine will need everything from classical musicians right the way through to town planners,” he mentioned.

“And these youngsters are coming over here with that full range of study potential, with the express intention of going back and building their nation.”

He added that the very fact they’ve been in a position to win scholarships to, in lots of instances, the UK’s prime universities “shows extraordinary resilience, extraordinary courage, extraordinary ability, and we should facilitate that”.

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Gaza airdrops: ‘No-one has mercy’

Checks ‘important a part of safety preparations’

Earlier this month, a scholar from Gaza reportedly left France after being ordered to go away following the invention of alleged antisemitic social media posts. Her lawyer mentioned she “firmly denies the accusations made against her”, based on France24.

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The UK requires that biometric information be submitted upfront of the visa being authorised in an effort to:

• Set up an individual’s id by becoming a member of the applicant’s biographical information with their biometric information;• Confirm a person “accurately against an established identity”;• Verify they don’t seem to be on a watchlist, for instance, to make sure they’re eligible to return to the UK.

Exemptions from the requirement to supply biometric information have been given in uncommon circumstances. It was waived for Ukrainians fleeing to the UK following Russia’s invasion in January 2022.

Nevertheless, it was not waived for Afghans fleeing the Taliban in August 2021. However a decide later dominated {that a} household in hiding within the nation didn’t have to supply the info in an effort to be a part of British members of the family within the UK, which was thought to additionally apply to round 100 different households.

The Dwelling Workplace and International Workplace have been contacted for remark.

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