Submitted on Sunday 6th September 2015
Rejected on Thursday 10th September 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Say NO to taking in more refugees. Say YES to helping our own people first.
There is a petition going round drumming up support for accepting refugees. It currently has 400,000 supporters. What about the millions of other UK citizens that don't want them. Don't be brainwashed by the media. All because the media pulled at your heart strings. Charity starts at home people.
The majority of UK citizens do not want more refugees, yet the government backs down to media pressure. This just shows how weak this country really is. There are thousands of Ex servicemen who are homeless and hungry. Some have mental health issues caused trying to implement YOUR foreign policy. These soldiers have to rely on charities for essential help. It's a shame the media don't show more of this. Instead, they prefer to emotionally blackmail the general public.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We cannot accept duplicate petitions. We think this petition is similar to yours:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/107142
You might like to sign this petition instead. It is more likely to get more signatures that way.
You might also be interested to know that the House of Commons has been debating the refugee crisis in Europe this week.
- The Prime Minister made a statement on Monday 7 September and was questioned by MPs about it:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/september/statement-on-syria-refugees-and-counter-terrorism-7-september-2015/
- On Tuesday 8 September there was an emergency debate on the refugee crisis in Europe:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/september/emergency-debate-the-refugee-crisis-in-europe/
- A further debate on this subject took place on Wednesday 9 September:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/september/mps-debate-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-mediterranean-and-europe/
You can watch House of Commons debates live at: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
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