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Put pressure on Donald Trump to end the separation of migrant families.

Submitted on Monday 28th May 2018

Published on Monday 4th June 2018

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 4th December 2018

Signatures: 18,352

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Children ~ Donald Trump ~ Gdpr ~ UK

Petition Action

Put pressure on Donald Trump to end the separation of migrant families.

Petition Details

The US government is taking migrant children as young as a year old away from their families and locking them in separate detention centres. Worse still, there are now over 1500 children that have been lost by the system, leaving them vulnerable to human traffickers. End this human rights violation!

Additional Information

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/05/26/politics/hhs-lost-track-1500-immigrant-children/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2fnews%2fpost-nation%2fwp%2f2018%2f05%2f27%2fthe-u-s-lost-track-of-1500-immigrant-children-last-year-heres-why-people-are-outraged-now%2f%3f&utm_term=.3f3e0e0b95f7


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Government Response

The Government responded to this petition on Thursday 21st June 2018

As the Prime Minister said on 20 June, we believe that US child separation policy is wrong and not something that we agree with. We are pleased that the Administration has changed their position.

As the Prime Minister said on 20 June, we believe that the US child separation policy is wrong and not something that we agree with. We do not apply similar measures here and will never do so. The UK avoids separating children from their parents as much as possible.

Later on the 20 June, President Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at ending the separation policy. We are pleased that the Administration has changed their position and hope that children will be reunited quickly with their families.

The UK has a strong and enduring partnership with the US. Our close relationship means that we can raise concerns directly.


Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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