Petition · past parliament
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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You might like to sign these petitions which call for related actions:
'Take action to make entering the UK illegally extremely unattractive for adults': Take action to make entering the UK illegally extremely unattractive for adults
'Trial capping net immigration and then gradually reduce it to tens of thousands': Trial capping net immigration and then gradually reduce it to tens of thousands
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.