Petition · past parliament
Refuse entry to all refugees including the proposed 15,000
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
We do not have the space or infrastructure to accept these people and have enough homeless people if our own that should receive the help proposed for these refugees
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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Refuse asylum seekers & remove support for so called refugee migrants in the UK
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 happened yesterday (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
Refuse asylum seekers & remove support for so called refugee migrants in the UK
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 happened yesterday (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
| 7 Sep 2015 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Sep 2015 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Sep 2015
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