Petition · past parliament · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Home Office

Do not criminalise entering Afghanistan

Closed 66 signatures

What the petition asks

It has been reported that the British government is considering criminalising entry to Afghanistan and will jail the individual for 10 years if they travel there.
We believe that this law will punish the Afghan population. In the UK there is a sizeable Afghan community and they will be cut off from their homeland, where their families still live. There are also British Afghans who have invested in Afghanistan over the last 20 years and cannot just leave their businesses and come back to the UK. We therefore request that such blanket punishment of the whole population is avoided and if there are any concerns regarding security, that Afghan nationals and those who have Afghan lineage must be exempted from this law.

Timeline

27 Aug 2021 Petition opened for signatures
27 Feb 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 66
Status Closed
Department Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Home Office
Opened 27 Aug 2021
Closed 27 Feb 2022

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