Submitted on Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 9th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Repeal all laws etc that prevent the UK returning illegal immigrants.
Illegal immigrants are arriving at our shaws on a daily basis, at the expense to the British taxpayers. We can no longer afford to do this but we have laws etc that make it difficult to send these people back.
Illegal immigration brings with it undesirable people, we are going through a pandemic, who knows what viruses they can bring in now and in the future.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Immigration officers already have the power to take several actions against illegal migrants, including the power to detain them for "the purpose of removal": assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537231/Immigration_Act_-_Part_3_-_Enforcement.pdf.
The Home Secretary must already make a deportation order in respect of a foreign criminal unless certain exceptions apply (e.g. where deportation would contravene the UK’s obligations under the Refugee and Human Rights Conventions). You can find out more here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8062/
Further, not all undocumented migrants entering the UK are doing so illegally - many will be entering the country for the purpose of seeking asylum: www.gov.uk/claim-asylum.
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