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Use Dartmoor Prison in the short term to house illegal asylum seekers.

Submitted on Wednesday 7th January 2026

Rejected on Thursday 5th February 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: local (see below for details)

Petition Action

Use Dartmoor Prison in the short term to house illegal asylum seekers.

Petition Details

Open Dartmoor prison to house asylum seekers in the short term while waiting to be processed instead of using hotels and houses of multiple occupancy.

Additional Information

The cost of millions per week at the tax payers expense.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

You could start a different petition calling for parts of the prison estate across the UK that are currently not being used to be made available for this purpose.

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