Submitted by Rajiv Sinha on Sunday 15th December 2024
Published on Monday 17th March 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 17th September 2025
Current Signatures: 4,200
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
assad ~ asylum ~ asylum claims ~ asylum seekers ~ Basics ~ British ~ British citizens ~ Chaos ~ Citizens ~ Compass ~ Convention ~ End ~ FEAR ~ Geneva ~ Geneva Convention ~ Inhumane ~ international ~ International Law ~ Internationals ~ Law ~ Parliament ~ pause ~ Protecting ~ Reasonable ~ refugees ~ Rule ~ Safety ~ Syria ~ Syrians ~ uncertainty ~ Voting
Reverse decision to pause decisions on asylum applications from Syrians
We think the decision is inhumane and may be at odds with our requirements under international law — asylum is a human right and an international obligation as recognised in the 1951 Geneva Convention on the protection of refugees. There also wasn't a vote in Parliament on this decision.
Assad’s rule has come to an end and there is uncertainty in Syria. We think the decision to pause the asylum claims of Syrians in the UK is immoral, especially when at the same time British citizens have been encouraged to leave Syria for fear of safety. We believe the UK has contributed to chaos in Syria; for that reason, and out of basic compassion, we consider that we must welcome Syrian asylum seekers.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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