法院已驳回禁止加沙地带的母亲和儿童与在英国的家人团聚的决定。
to block mothers and children in Gaza from joining their families in the UK has been quashed by a court.
那些申请获准与英国亲人团聚的海外家庭，通常需在签证申请中心接受生物特征信息采集，包括采集指纹和面部图像。然而，加沙的签证申请中心自2023年10月起便已关闭，当地民众也很难离开这片地区。
Families abroad who have had their applications approved to reunite with loved ones in the UK usually have to undergo biometric checks, including fingerprinting and facial images at a visa application centre. But the VAC in Gaza has been closed since October 2023 and it is difficult to get out of the territory.
英国政府虽设有“危险旅程政策”以在此类情况下提供一定灵活性，但对于那些希望与已在英国获得难民身份的丈夫或父亲团聚的加沙家庭——多为带着幼童的母亲——政府却采取了更为严格的措施。
The government has an unsafe journeys policy that offers some flexibility in this kind of situation, but has taken a more strict approach to families – often mothers with very young children – in Gaza who are hoping to reunite with husbands and fathers granted refugee status in the UK.
英国高等移民法庭的一名法官裁定，内政大臣在对该两户家庭执行相关政策时存在违法行为，因此撤销了禁止他们入境的决定。
A judge in the immigration court known as the upper tribunal has found the home secretary acted unlawfully in the way the policy was applied to two families and has quashed the decision to block them.
这两位母亲都很年轻，共同育有五名七岁以下的孩子，她们都渴望与已在英国获得难民身份的丈夫团聚。目前，两户家庭都栖身于加沙的帐篷中，生活条件极其恶劣：食物匮乏、缺乏清洁水源，周围还有老鼠、蚊虫和臭虫出没，甚至面临狙击手袭击的风险。英国内政部表示，他们计划对该裁决提出上诉。
Both are young mothers with five children between them aged seven and under, hoping to reunite with their husbands who have been granted refugee status in the UK. Both families are living in dire straits in tents in Gaza with insufficient food, no access to clean water, rodents, mosquitoes, bedbugs and the risk of snipers.
据估计，目前还有约250至300名加沙民众希望与已在英国获得难民身份的直系亲属团聚，却同样陷入进退两难的境地。内政部坚持认为，这些家庭在启程前必须完成生物特征信息采集。而英国外交部则表示，愿意协助部分家庭撤离加沙，以便他们在约旦完成相关手续。
The Home Office says it is looking to appeal against the decision.
法官菲奥娜·林斯利在裁决书中指出，这些家庭栖身于战区的简陋住所中，营养不良、健康状况不佳，还饱受焦虑情绪困扰。她们担心，如果继续留在加沙，自己和孩子们恐怕难以存活下去。
An estimated 250-300 people in Gaza who want to reunite with immediate family members who have been granted refugee status in the UK are similarly stranded The Home Office says biometrics should be obtained before families travel. The Foreign Office has said it is willing to evacuate some of these families from Gaza so they can obtain biometrics in Jordan.
这些孩子的最大利益应是首要考量，让他们在没有父亲陪伴、看不到分离尽头的情况下，生活在恐惧、营养不良、以及因贫困和不卫生条件引发的疾病中，绝不符合他们的最大利益，”她说。
In her judgment, the judge, Fiona Lindsley, said the families were living in vulnerable structures in a war zone, malnourished, unwell and struggling psychologically with anxiety from their husbands and fathers in the UK that they willwould not survive much longer if they remained in Gaza.
代表这些家庭的大曼彻斯特移民援助组织律师德克拉·帕尔默表示：“内政部正竭尽全力拖延并为其非法决定辩护，采取一种政策立场，阻止符合条件前往英国的加沙民众得以成行。
“The best interests of these children should be the primary consideration, and it cannot be in their best interests to be afraid, undernourished and suffering from diseases of poverty and insanitary conditions without their fathers and no end in sight to that separation,” she said.
“这些家庭已彻底破碎——他们所经历并持续承受的创伤难以言表。被困在加沙的母亲和孩子们，正日日夜夜遭受折磨。
Decla Palmer, a solicitor at Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit who represents the families, said: “The Home Office is doing everything possible to delay and to defend its unlawful decisions, taking a policy position that blocks people in Gaza who are eligible to come to the UK from being able to do so.
身在英国的父亲们面临着可能永远无法再抱起孩子的前景。内政部正主动将这些家庭拆散，让他们滞留在危险重重的加沙。”
“These families are completely broken – it is difficult to put into words the trauma they have faced and continue to endure. The mothers and children, trapped in Gaza, are suffering each and every day.
周一，内政部宣布了难民安置路线，包括针对巴勒斯坦难民和阿富汗女性的路线。然而，该计划每年仅处理几百份申请。在2025年9月暂停后，规模大得多的难民家庭团聚计划何时重启仍不得而知。难民委员会估计，自那时起约有20,000人被拒绝家庭团聚。最初，政府表示将于2025年春季推出新的难民家庭团聚规则，但该计划仍处于暂停状态。内政部消息人士透露，关于这一通往英国的安全合法生命线，将不会有进一步细节公布，直到2027年。
The fathers, in the UK, are facing the prospect that they may never hold their children again. The Home Office is actively keeping these families apart, leaving them stranded in Gaza in grave danger.”On Monday, the Home Office announced refugee resettlement routes including for Palestinian refugees and women from Afghanistan. However, this scheme processes only a few hundred applications each year. It is not known when the much larger refugee family reunion scheme will restart, after it was suspended in September 2025. The Refugee Council estimates that since then approximately 20,000 people have been denied family reunion. Initially, the government indicated that new refugee family reunion rules would be introduced in the spring of 2025, but the scheme remains suspended. Home Office sources have indicated that no further details will be announced about this safe and legal lifeline for refugees to reach the UK until 2027.
英国内政部发言人称：“我们将对这一裁决提出上诉。生物识别信息，包括指纹和面部图像，是英国移民体系的重要组成部分。在英国海外签证申请中心采集这些信息，是申请赴英签证时的常规要求。
A Home Office spokesperson said: “We will be looking to appeal this decision. Biometrics, including fingerprints and facial images, are a core part of the UK’s immigration system, and their enrolment at a UK overseas visa application centre is a standard requirement when making a visa application to come to the UK.
采集生物识别信息有助于对申请者进行全面的背景审查，包括核查其在英国及国际上的移民记录与犯罪记录，从而识别出那些可能对国家安全、公共安全或移民管理构成威胁，或入境后有可能违反英国法律的人员。”
“The enrolment of biometrics enables comprehensive checks against UK and international immigration and criminal records to identify individuals who may pose a threat to national security, public safety or immigration controls, or who are likely to breach UK laws if admitted.”