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Protect the lives of refugees trying to reach the UK by boat

Submitted on Thursday 9th September 2021

Rejected on Friday 17th September 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Protect the lives of refugees trying to reach the UK by boat

Petition Details

Avoid intercepting and turning back boats containing refugees in the English Channel

Additional Information

The proposed action to turn back boats containing refugees from France is probably against Maritime Law but certainly puts at risk the lives from drowning of innocent people including women and children.Process potential migrants at the border but don’t help to kill them!


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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.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Reform policy on Channel Crossings and create safe routes for refugees: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/596722

Do not implement policies to turn around migrant boats crossing the Channel: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/596718

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