Petition · past parliament
BRITISH TRUCK DRIVER "SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED." It must be stopped.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
BRITISH TRUCK DRIVER "SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED."
They don't do this Job for fun
"They are pulling trees and setting tyre's alight and things like that.
"It is a threat to national security in my opinion.
BRITISH TRUCK DRIVER "SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED."
"What are they supposed to do? they don't do this for fun, they do this to provide food and pay bills for their Families.
"If the French police are not prepared to do anything why are we not putting the British army to guard our border which starts here."
* There are estimated to be 9,000 illegal migrants camped out in France that want to go to the UK.
Over the last three years it's feared 27,000 have already entered the Uk illegally.
"What are they supposed to do? they don't do this for fun, they do this to provide food and pay bills for their Families.
"If the French police are not prepared to do anything why are we not putting the British army to guard our border which starts here."
* There are estimated to be 9,000 illegal migrants camped out in France that want to go to the UK.
Over the last three years it's feared 27,000 have already entered the Uk illegally.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
If you want the army to protect lorry drivers in France, we already have a petition open on that: Call on the Government to send in the Army to protect lorry Drivers in France.
Timeline
| 9 Sep 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Sep 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
9 Sep 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.