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Amnesty for Asylum seekers

Submitted on Monday 30th March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 19th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Amnesty for Asylum seekers

Petition Details

We have many asylum seekers in UK who has been refused for many years and can not be deported from UK.
They Are not allowed to work and can not apply for any kind of benefit.
They are living underground and facing modern slavery due to their financial difficulties.

Additional Information

As UK fighting Coronavirus and starting lockdown the country we are appealing Amnesty for asylum seekers who have no support and help from government and facing destitution at this difficult times.
We are asking home office to act urgently granting refugee status for asylum seekers to help them have some place to stay and apply for benefit which can help spreading Coronavirus and saving life of this vulnerable people.


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This petition was rejected

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.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311322

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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