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Have a referendum on whether the UK should accept any more refugees.

Closed 185 signatures

What the petition asks

We are constantly hearing politicians say that the people of the UK want the government to act and either sign8 up to the EU refugee redistribution plan or accept more than the 20000 that we have already agrees to.
They should hold a referendum before presuming that the people want more here.
We are constantly hearing the media call them refugees and say they are escaping danger. They aren't. Once they leave Turkey they are economic migrants. The UK has a chronic shortage of social housing and the influx of refugees that are safe in Turkey will make it worse and young people will stand even less chance of getting there own home.
We are not racist we just want the UK s government to consult the people before presuming they know what we want.

Timeline

29 Sep 2015 Petition opened for signatures
29 Mar 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 185
Status Closed
Opened 29 Sep 2015
Closed 29 Mar 2016

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