Provide urgent, fair, and proportionate UK support for Sri Lanka disaster relief

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Increase emergency aid to £40–50M, create a multi-year Sri Lanka Reconstruction & Resilience Fund, invest in rebuilding homes, schools, hospitals, bridges, and essential infrastructure, and ensure UK support is fair, proportionate, and urgently delivered to match the scale of floods and landslides

Sri Lanka faces catastrophic floods and landslides amid an economic crisis. Tens of thousands are displaced, urgently needing food, water, medical care, and shelter. Current UK aid (£1M) is far below what other disasters received. Fair, substantial support is vital to rebuild lives, homes, schools, hospitals, and essential infrastructure. The UK has a moral duty to act, given historic ties, Commonwealth solidarity, and the UK Sri Lankan community deeply connected to their homeland

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Fund and deliver a £60 million aid package for Sri Lanka
Fund and deliver a £60 million aid package for Sri Lanka

Timeline

6 Dec 2025	Petition opened for signatures
16 Jan 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Jan 2026

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