Submitted on Saturday 18th April 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Home Office/Border Agency to close borders or quarantine people on arrival.
The vast majority of us are abiding by the lockdown and are dismayed that the government are still allowing people into the country with no sign of them being accurately tested or quarantined. This puts the country at risk and is why we have this problem in the first place.
Whilst we are dealing with the virus and in lockdown, it goes without saying that the best course of action is to cease or heavily restrict flow into the country and anyone that absolutely must enter this country should be subject to a couple of weeks quarantine regardless of whether they have been tested elsewhere before entering. This is just common sense to reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
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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.
You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action.
Close down all UK airports & seaports to prevent further spreading of Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300932
Close the Borders of the United Kingdom to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309332
Enforce a 14 day quarantine on all new arrivals to the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312500
Start screening every person who enters UK for Coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301188
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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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