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Petition · past parliament

The UK government to reinstate the child refugee program with immediate effect.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK government has decided to limit the Dubs scheme to only 350 children, when they had previously committed to welcoming up to 3,000 refugee children into the country.

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.

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.