This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Grant indefinite leave to all overseas key workers including retail workers.
In this Covid-19 pandemic situation, foreign nationals put their lives at risk to help Britain keep going. These are the people offering their services in various sectors selflessly. They are the real heroes like all others including NHS staff.
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Because in this situation only some people are working and these people are key workers who are contributing in Britain’s biggest crisis in this unprecedented time. These are the people who deserve to live independently without the need to worry about their immigration status.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Award immigrant key workers with permanent residency after coronavirus crisis: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307483
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