Petition · past parliament
Reverse decision to not accept more unaccompanied asylum seeking children
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
Yesterday, the government reneged on it's previous commitment to reunite and accommodate a large number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children to the UK through Europe. Individuals and agencies offer a safe home to these children. Decision to backtrack on this demonstrates a lack of compassion.
The written statement from The Minister of State for Immigration can be found here: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-02-08/HCWS467/
Although no exact figure was agreed when the then Prime Minister, David Cameron addressed this in May 2016, it is reasonable to expect the UK government to offer more than the small number accepted to date.
Although no exact figure was agreed when the then Prime Minister, David Cameron addressed this in May 2016, it is reasonable to expect the UK government to offer more than the small number accepted to date.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
The following 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
| 9 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
14 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.