Put South Africa on the Green list for travel

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

South Africa has been on the red list for months whilst other countries with higher cases per 100k, lower vaccine rates, more variants and less restrictions remain on green and amber.
There is no scientific data that justifies the restrictions in place for those returning from South Africa.

There are around 250, 000 South Africans living in the United Kingdom. Many South Africans living in the UK, as well as non-South Africans are desperate to visit loved ones living there, or are already in the vicious cycle of holidays booked prior to Covid.
Not only does South Africa being on the red list mean that people are unable to afford the extortionate cost of hotel quarantine, but many are haemorrhaging money as a result of constant re-booking that they are unable to get out of.

Why it was rejected

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

The Government is introducing a new system for international travel from 4 October, which will no longer include 'green' or 'amber' list designations for countries. See:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-system-for-international-travel

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Remove South Africa from the travel 'Red List'
Remove South Africa from the travel 'Red List'

Timeline

18 Sep 2021	Petition opened for signatures
23 Sep 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Sep 2021

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