Allow asylum applications to be processed at any EU embassy in the world

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Refugees have no way of applying for asylum or temporary protection other than undertaking an illegal and hazardous journey to Europe and applying on arrival. This is fuelling an illegal trafficking racket and resulting in mass deaths by drowning, cold and starvation in our seas and at our borders.

Over 3,000 people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/global-refugee-crisis-catastrophic-moral-failure-rich-countries-leave-refugees-cruel
https://theconversation.com/fortress-europe-continues-to-treat-migrants-as-criminals-49026
Allowing refugees to claim asylum at EU embassies in Africa or the Middle East would give them a safe, legal way to come and would undercut the smugglers. It would avoid creating a generation of angry anti-Europeans.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This is not something that the UK Government or Parliament could achieve on their own.

You could start a petition calling on the UK Government to work with other EU member states to achieve this.

Alternatively, the European Parliament has its own petitions process. You can find out more here:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/20150201PVL00037/Petitions

Timeline

2 Nov 2015	Petition opened for signatures
9 Nov 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Nov 2015

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