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Petition · past parliament

Return people illegally crossing the Channel directly back to France

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop encouraging this dangerous journey by providing a taxi service to UK shores. Return anyone found attempting to cross the Channel directly back to France. Do not allow them to set foot on UK soil

Why it was rejected

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

Send English Channel migrants back to where they first arrived in the EU

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Jan 2019

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