David Cameron must resign over his handling of the Syrian refugee crisis. · petition

What the petition asks

An estimated 10 million Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, taking refuge in neighbouring countries or within Syria itself.

The United Kingdom has taken in just 216 Syrian refugees.

More than 10,000 children have been killed; 5.6 million children need humanitarian aid.
Inside Syria 3.5 million children have been forced from their homes.
Nearly 2 million children have fled the country and are now living in over-stretched refugee camps or villages.
Almost 3 million children are unable to go to school (2.3 million inside Syria, 685,000 refugees)
10 million people do not have enough to eat.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The resignation of an individual Minister is not a decision for the Government or Parliament as a whole.

We could accept a petition calling for a vote of no confidence in a Minister, because that is something that the House of Commons could do.

You might also be interested to know that the House of Commons has been debating the refugee crisis in Europe this week.

- The Prime Minister made a statement on Monday 7 September and was questioned by MPs about it:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/september/statement-on-syria-refugees-and-counter-terrorism-7-september-2015/

- On Tuesday 8 September there was an emergency debate on the refugee crisis in Europe:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/september/emergency-debate-the-refugee-crisis-in-europe/

- A further debate on this subject is happening today (Wednesday 9 September):

http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/september/mps-debate-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-mediterranean-and-europe/

You can watch House of Commons debates live at: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons

Timeline

3 Sep 2015	Petition opened for signatures
9 Sep 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee