Petition · past parliament
Close the United Kingdom borders during the Covid 19 crisis
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
Close the United Kingdom borders during the 2020 coronavirus/covid 19 crisis to all except British Citizens being repatriated. All those returning from overseas should have health checks and be subject to 14 days quarantine.
Whilst the covid 19 death rate continues to rise in the U.K. along with jobs and businesses being lost, children going without education and the NHS resources being stretched beyond the capacity, the U.K. remains one of the only countries in the world to still have fully open borders, with numerous flights each day arriving from Covid 19 hot-spots with no health checks being carried out on arrival and no quarantine conditions. It continues to put all of our lives & livelihoods at risk.
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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Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus: Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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 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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus: Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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 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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
Timeline
| 4 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Apr 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Apr 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.