Allow 3500 child refugees into the UK as promised under the Dubs Amendment.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Last year the UK promised that 3500 unaccompanied refugee children would be given a haven in Britain; yesterday the 'Dubs' scheme was quietly closed and numbers capped at 350. These extremely vulnerable young people are being turned back to traffickers, mud and utter hopelessness.

When Trump tried to ban refugees from entering the US last week, there was a global public outcry, yet the UK is doing exactly that. Backbench Tory MPs, Labour politicians, refugee NGOs and the Archbishop have spoken out but need public support. Local councils have also made it clear that they could take more refugees if funds are made available. Even the Daily Mail said last year "..we MUST give these lost children sanctuary". Today none of the tabloids have covered the closure of the scheme.

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

10 Feb 2017	Petition opened for signatures
14 Feb 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Feb 2017

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