This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Immediately close the UK’s sea and air borders to all except essential freight.
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Due to the rapid rise in new Coronavirus variants around the world we believe, reluctantly, that the only way to stop new & more deadly variants entering the UK, against which our vaccines may be less effective, is to close our air and sea borders now.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564165
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