Petition · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Charge people who don't pay tax in the UK for repatriation costs

Open for signatures 94 signatures

What the petition asks

Many people living in the middle east say they have gone there to avoid paying tax. Because of that I don't believe that taxpayers' money should be spent repatriating them. Unless people can show that they have continued to pay tax in the UK, they should be billed at cost price for any extraction.
If people have made an active choice to move abroad to avoid tax, they should not ask us to pay the significant cost of repatriating them now.

Timeline

30 Mar 2026 Petition opened for signatures

Key facts

Signatures 94
Status Open for signatures
Department Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Opened 30 Mar 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.