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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition There must be no cover-up of the daily number of migrants crossing the Channel

It has been reported that the government is preparing to cease publication of daily numbers of migrants detected crossing the Channel in boats without prior permission. This would be an obvious attempt to hide the truth from the public, and to conceal the scale of incompetence on border security.

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MPs must prevent this attempt to hide the truth on daily detected Channel arrivals by boat. Such a move would greatly anger the public.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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We understand that you are concerned that the Government may change how data on Channel crossings is reported, but we're not sure exactly how you want this data to reported.

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