Immigration Controls: Hamas

Home Office written question – answered at on 8 June 2026.

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Photo of Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Conservative

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to prevent individuals involved in sexual crimes during the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October 2023 from entering the United Kingdom.

Photo of Lord Hanson of Flint Lord Hanson of Flint The Minister of State, Home Department

The Immigration Rules provide for the refusal of entry clearance, permission to enter and permission to stay on suitability grounds, including where a person has been convicted of a criminal offence or where a person’s character, conduct or associations mean it is undesirable to allow them to enter or stay in the UK.

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