Rethink refugee crisis. · petition

What the petition asks

I am all for helping those in need, however the numbers being suggested are ridiculous. The UK itself has a lot of problems to deal with in its own streets, and taking on more and more refugees is not going to help towards these problems at all.

here I will list a number of problems that should probably be looked at before moving more and more refugees:
- unemployment... There are a high number of unemployed people currently looking for jobs. Not just middle age people but the younger generation too.
- homeless... There are also a large amount of homeless people including but not limited to ex service men who have fought to prevent such wars as in Syria and they are just left to fend for themselves.

These are just two reasons, there are more.

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:

I want veterans to be treated better than migrants and political refugees.

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

8 Sep 2015	Petition opened for signatures
10 Sep 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee