Submitted on Tuesday 15th July 2025
Rejected on Thursday 31st July 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make illegally entering the UK a criminal offence
Introduce legislation that makes it a criminal offence to enter the United Kingdom illegally (by any means) with a statutory prison sentence of 10 years. Early release will be available at 5 years for those that agree to return to their country of origin
We need to stem the tide of illegal entry to the United Kingdom and this will only be achieved by criminal prosecution of those that do so.
We must in parallel provide a legal route for genuine refugees and this should be done by having asylum application processes in place at UK Embassies.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Illegally entering the UK is already a criminal offence.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/powers-and-operational-procedure/irregular-or-unlawful-entry-and-arrival-accessible
If you would like changes to this, you could start a petition about that.
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