Sir Keir Starmer is facing demands from Labour MPs to allow Gazans to come to Britain.

The Prime Minister has vowed to close a “loophole” in the Ukraine Family Scheme, first revealed by The Telegraph, that allowed a Palestinian family the right to enter the UK.

But 15 Labour MPs have now signed a letter demanding that he justify his plan and suggest that Gazans should be offered the same refuge as Ukrainians because “basic humanity shouldn’t be selective”.

The Telegraph exposed the case where a judge had allowed a family of six seeking to flee Gaza to join their brother in Britain.

Judge Hugo Norton-Taylor ruled that the Home Office’s rejection of their application made through the Ukraine Family Scheme breached their human rights.

The case is part of a series of examples of migrants or convicted foreign criminals using human rights laws to remain in the UK or halt their deportations, which include the case of an Albanian criminal whose deportation was halted partly because of his young son’s aversion to foreign chicken nuggets.

The decision by the immigration judge to grant the Palestinian migrants the right to live in the UK after applying through the Ukrainian refugee scheme was criticised by Sir Keir at Prime Minister’s Questions last week.

He said it was the “wrong” move and announced that Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, was looking at ways to close the “legal loophole” to ensure it would not happen again.