Petition · past parliament

Give citizenship to migrant doctors, nurses and paramedics employed by the NHS.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Grant citizenship to the migrant NHS staff who are risking their lives for us and extend this to their immediate family. Just extending visas is not good enough.
These people are putting their lives on the line to fight coronavirus. They can't give more to this country and deserve the right to live here, much like the Gurkhas.

Why it was rejected

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

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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

2 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
26 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 May 2020

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