Petition · past parliament

Allow refugees matched with a host family to enter the UK.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The problem of how to help refugees risking their lives to escape war and persecution is not a migrant crisis, but a moral one. Allow UK entry to refugees matched to a host family from a database of people willing to provide temporary emergency accommodation to those fleeing conflict and violence.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Legislate for a Guarantor system (like Germany & Canada) to handle refugees.

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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

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

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Sep 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.