Petition · past parliament
Honour the commitment to take 3000 child refugees
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
The UK government committed to help thousands of unaccompanied child refugees in Europe. The world is in the midst of the largest refugee crisis since the second world war and history will not forgive you for closing our borders to these desperate children.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
This petition is similar to yours:
Keep open the 'Dubs scheme' to resettle 3000 unaccompanied refugee children.
Keep open the 'Dubs scheme' to resettle 3000 unaccompanied refugee children.
Timeline
| 8 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
13 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.