Petition Make a clear statement about the benefits of immigration to the UK

We call on the UK Government to make a clear unambiguous statement that immigration is of benefit to the UK, that immigration, overseas tourism and international travel is vital to our economy, and that – whilst the UK borders are not open – stopping all international travel is impossible.

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A petition calling on the UK Government to stop all immigration & close the UK borders until ISIS is defeated has been signed by 200K+ people & will be considered for debate.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/107516

Immigration has huge benefits for the UK. Immigration, overseas tourism and international travel is vital to our economy. Stopping all travel in/out of the UK would be impossible, but unlike countries in the Schengen zone, the British borders are NOT open. Let sense prevail.

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87 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 87 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 16 May 2016
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