Petition · past parliament

Stop legal aid to anyone who arrives in the country illegally

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Entering the uk without I.d or a passport is illegal so why should anyone who arrives in the country illegally be able to claim asylum using legal aid when it's the taxpayers money when we don't know who they are?
Stop using taxpayers money to fund legal aid to anyone entering the country illegally

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

3 Dec 2022 Petition opened for signatures
6 Dec 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Dec 2022

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