Stop deportation flights to Jamaica

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

• CEASE all deportation flights NOW
• Fulfil the promise of a “compassionate” response to the Windrush scandal
• End “double punishments” whereby criminals serve their time but are still torn from their families
• End the hostile environment, and the practice of indefinite detention / deportation

31 children are expected to be separated from their dads on December the 2nd. 8 of the detainees have been here for 18+ years, and several arrived as kids.

One detainee has attempted suicide, but was immediately returned to the facility.

These people mostly have drug-related convictions. According to the Lammy Review, people of colour are 240% more likely to be convicted for drug offences than their white counterparts.

Since March 2018 at least 5 deportees to Jamaica have died.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: No more charter flight deportations to Jamaica and other Commonwealth countries

Timeline

29 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
6 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 6 Jan 2021

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