A man living in Glasgow says his sister-in-law in Gaza dies from cancer would still be alive if the UK Home Office had allowed her family to come to Britain. Anwar says his sister-in-law, Maryam, died in Gaza and that he had applied to bring her, her husband Hassan, and their two young children to the UK.
Anwar fled Gaza in 2020 and is reported to have been granted refugee status in the UK in 2021. According to the account, after the large-scale destruction in Gaza following Israel’s campaign after Hamas’s October 2023 attacks, he submitted a family application in October 2025. He says the Home Office rejected the application.
The coverage focuses on Anwar’s claim about the link between the visa decision and Maryam’s death. The report does not indicate whether the Home Office had detailed reasons publicly available in these excerpts, nor does it present responses from the department. The story centers on the humanitarian consequences the claimant attributes to the refusal and how UK immigration decisions affect families separated by conflict and illness.
