Eighteen-year-old was refused entry clearance to join his family in UK despite previous successful applications to visit

A teenager trapped in Gaza and separated from his parents has brought an urgent legal challenge against the UK Home Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) after the government refused entry clearance for him to join his family in the UK.

The 18-year-old man, whose life is at imminent risk, has been internally displaced several times and has been homeless. He is now staying with extended family in Gaza in a home subject to heavy bombardment.

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