Cease any planning for offshore detention centres for people seeking asylum.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should commit to reducing the use of immigration detention centres, and never to use offshore detention centres (for example by using ferries or islands).

Seeking asylum is not a criminal offence, it is a legal right. Detaining people who have already experienced torture, violence and human trafficking is particularly cruel.
Prolonged and indefinite detention has driven people to breaking point, with alarming levels of trauma, depression and other mental health conditions.
Please do not allow any plans for offshore detention centres to proceed, and please reduce the use of immigration detention centres.

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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Timeline

1 Oct 2020	Petition opened for signatures
19 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Oct 2020

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