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Rejected petition Provide aid to overseas British Citizens during Covid-19

Provide financial aid or provide chartered flights (at a reasonable or subsidised cost) to British Citizens trapped overseas during this Covid-19 pandemic

We are an extremely at risk group with no rights or entitlements to the countries we currently occupy

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Flights are reduced/location restricted and are at a premium cost making it difficult for those overseas to travel back to the UK as currently being advised.

However, considering the extreme risk factors re travel and continuing the spread, financial aid should be considered for a limited period of time until further developments can confirm safe passage.

We are an extremely at risk group with no rights or entitlements to the countries we currently occupy.

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Why was this petition rejected?

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Since you started your petition the Government has announced plans to bring home Britons stranded overseas, and has arranged for emergency loans for return flights. You can find out more here:

Foreign & Commonwealth Office steps up plans to bring home Britons stranded overseas: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-office-steps-up-plans-to-bring-home-britons-stranded-overseas

Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency loans for return flights: how to apply: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-emergency-loans-for-return-flights-how-to-apply

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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