Submitted on Saturday 26th February 2022
Rejected on Monday 28th February 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lift all visa restrictions for Ukrainians fleeing war, provide safe route to UK
Thousands of Ukrainians are heading to the border following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The US has predicted that as many as 5 million people will be displaced by the conflict.
The UK Government needs to ensure a safe and legal route to the UK for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict.
Currently the UK Government has stopped receiving visa applications from Ukrainians, unless they have British relatives.
Due to the closure of the UK visa application centre in Kyiv, those with British relatives must travel to Western Ukraine to start their application, whilst those without British relatives must travel even further afield to Poland, Romania, Hungary or Moldova.
This is unacceptable in a humanitarian crisis. The government must lift all visa restrictions as Ireland have done.
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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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Wave visa requirement for Ukrainian refugees: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/609530
Offer fast track asylum to any Ukrainians displaced due to the invasion: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/609382
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