First group of Gaza children to be brought to UK ‘in coming weeks’
The BBC understands that it will be released from Gaza to England for medical treatment in the coming weeks.
As part of a government operation coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Health, they would be the first children brought to England for treatment.
Children will be selected by the World Health Organization and travel with family members through a third country where biometric data will be collected.
Some MPs come to the government after writing a letter calling to bring sick and wounded children from Gaza to the UK “delay”.
In a letter last week, a group between parties 96 MPs warned that children are under close risk of death due to the “decoration” in Gaza. And evacuation barriers should be removed immediately.
Some Gazan children were specially brought to the UK for medical treatment by the Pure Hope (PPH) organization, but the government has not been released through its own plan during the conflict.
At the beginning of August, the government said it was planning to bring more children to the UK for medical treatment.
It is unclear which third country will pass to the UK, how exactly how many children will be involved, or whether more groups will follow.
Given the difficulty of returning children to Gaza, it is understood that some may enter the asylum system after completing the treatment.
According to UNICEF UN Charitable organization, more than 50,000 children have been killed or injured since the war in Gaza began in October 2023.
Since the beginning of the war, the UK has provided funding for the wounded vazans to be treated by hospitals in the region and at the same time to work for the region for Airdrop Airdrop.
Children brought to England within the scope of the government plan will be treated in NHS. Government at the beginning of August The task force between the parties was working to create a plan to “evacuate children who need emergency medical care from Gaza”.
The Ministry of the Interior said that biometric controls will be done in front of children and caregivers before traveling.
Serious patients have been released from Gaza to other countries since the beginning of the war, including Palestinians, more than 180 adults and children going to Italy.
The UN warned of widespread malnutrition in Gaza, and experts supported by the organization in a report last month, warned that the “worst scenario of the famine” in Gaza.
Israel insisted that there was no restriction on aid delivery to Gaza and accused UN and other aid institutions of not being able to deliver.
According to the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, more than 60,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli military operation.
Israel launched a response to the attack on Hamas on 7 October 2023 against Southern Israel, and about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were hostage.
