Petition · past parliament

Return illegal immigrants crossing the channel from France

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

There appears insufficient methods in place to prevent the illegal entry to the UK via the English Channel from France, resulting is so called asylum seekers receiving beneficial social services and benefits ahead of existing valid claimants.
Current news channels and Government publications on asylum seeker benefits.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

28 Dec 2018 Petition opened for signatures
28 Jan 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Jan 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.