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Declare a state of emergency to stop the illegal immigration into the UK

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Declare a state of emergency and put in place emergency legislation and measures to stop illegal and organised immigration into the UK via the Channel. The situation clearly got out of hand with French GV not doing anything and RNLI and Border Force escorting illegal economical immigrants to the UK
Declare a state of emergency and put in place emergency legislation and measures to stop illegal and organised immigration into the UK via the Channel. The situation clearly got out of hand with French GV not doing anything and RNLI and Border Force escorting illegal economical immigrants to the UK

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand you are concerned about migrants and refugees entering the UK illegally, however it's not clear what specific 'emergency legislation and measures' you want the Government to introduce.

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Timeline

11 Nov 2021 Petition opened for signatures
17 Nov 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Nov 2021

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