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Stop accepting Syrian and other Refugees into UK.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Opening up UK's borders and agreeing quotas will not solve the refugee crisis. In fact, it would make it worse by increasing pull factors and encouraging people traffickers.

Why it was rejected

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

We cannot accept duplicate petitions. We think this petition is similar to yours:

Refuse asylum seekers & remove support for so called refugee migrants in the UK; or
Don't let Syrian refugees into Britain

You might like to sign this petition instead. It is more likely to get more signatures that way.

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 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Sep 2015

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