Submitted on Saturday 18th September 2021
Rejected on Thursday 23rd September 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Put South Africa on the Green list for travel
South Africa has been on the red list for months whilst other countries with higher cases per 100k, lower vaccine rates, more variants and less restrictions remain on green and amber.
There is no scientific data that justifies the restrictions in place for those returning from South Africa.
There are around 250, 000 South Africans living in the United Kingdom. Many South Africans living in the UK, as well as non-South Africans are desperate to visit loved ones living there, or are already in the vicious cycle of holidays booked prior to Covid.
Not only does South Africa being on the red list mean that people are unable to afford the extortionate cost of hotel quarantine, but many are haemorrhaging money as a result of constant re-booking that they are unable to get out of.
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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.
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The Government is introducing a new system for international travel from 4 October, which will no longer include 'green' or 'amber' list designations for countries. See:
www.gov.uk/government/news/new-system-for-international-travel
You might like to sign the following petition:
Remove South Africa from the travel 'Red List'
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/589382
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