It comes almost a year after a 37-year-old Albanian man died after attempting suicide in November 2023 while he was being detained at Brook House.

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK was “gravely concerned” by the Israeli Knesset’s approval of two new laws that declare UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) a terrorist organisation.

The Tanaiste has also condemned the moves in the Israeli parliament to prevent the UN Palestinian refugee agency from working in Gaza.

The number of Palestinians killed in the war in Gaza has passed 43,000, more than half of them women and children, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The tally includes 96 dead who arrived at ...