Over 50 British MPs urge UK to evacuate injured children from Gaza

Over 50 British MPs and peers have signed a letter urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to implement a medical evacuation programme for injured Palestinian children in Gaza. 

In May, Middle East Eye reported that the UK had denied medical treatment to critically injured children from Gaza by not issuing them visas - unlike several other wealthy countries.

The letter, organised by Labour MP Kim Johnson and sent to the prime minister on Tuesday, was supported by MPs and peers across several parties.

Johnson told MEE: "It is a moral outrage that the UK has failed to provide any support to a single Gazan child in need of medical attention, when so many other caring countries have provided this assistance."

She added that it is impossible to imagine the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, although "the ICJ has described it as a plausible genocide".

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