Submitted on Thursday 17th July 2025
Rejected on Monday 13th October 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Apologize for the repatriation of pregnant Irish women from the UK to Ireland
I would like the government to apologize for the historic categorization by British authorities of pregnant Irish women as PFI, and the involvement of UK authorities in the deportation of these women to Ireland.
The system of categorizing Irish women as 'pregnant from Ireland' and the discriminatory treatment of these women and their children in terms of access to healthcare and the welfare system in the UK was an abuse of their human rights. Their deportation often resulted in them being incarcerated in a cruel system of mother and baby homes in Ireland and the separation of women from their children.
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Apologise to Irish women and their children who were repatriated to Ireland
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/731382
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