Take responsibility and help the men, women and children of Syria.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

After working in Istanbul recently, I could not believe the amount of Syrian refugees, mostly children, sleeping on the streets. Then there's the boats capsizing in the Mediterranean and seeing children's bodies washing up on shores. We are causing this, we are responsible for their deaths.

You don't need to look very far to know we are bombing and killing innocent people in countries like Syria, you can't turn on the news or social media without seeing the bodies of children washed up on shores because their boats capsized while they were trying to escape the warzone we have created. How can we call ourselves humans if we carry on as normal like it isn't happening?

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It's not quite clear exactly what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

There are several petitions on this subject open on the site - you might like to sign one of these petitions instead. It is more likely to get more signatures that way.

For example:

Stop the illegal air strikes in Syria. This was not voted for nor sanctioned.
Follow the example of Germany in suspending rules for accepting Syrian refugees.
seek for a peaceful political settlement to the crisis in Syria
Accept more asylum seekers and increase support for refugee migrants in the UK.

Timeline

2 Sep 2015	Petition opened for signatures
4 Sep 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 4 Sep 2015

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