Rejected petition Help Ukrainian refugees

Develop a comprehensive humanitarian response that matches the scale of the crisis unfolding in Ukraine and in neighbouring states.
Remove clause which will severely punish Ukrainian refugees and other people seeking asylum who are forced to take irregular journeys to find safety in the UK

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It is really important that the UK government helps refugees and send humanitarian help to Ukraine which is currently affected by war.
We all need to play our part ensuring safety of thousands of innocent people.

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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Allow Ukrainians with family in the UK to enter the UK without a visa: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/609397

Offer fast track asylum to any Ukrainians displaced due to the invasion: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/609382

Waive visa requirement for Ukrainian refugees: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/609530

Help Ukrainian refugees and create a safe path for them to get to the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/609574

Grant Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war full rights to live and work in the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/609434

Draw up and implement a specific Ukrainian refugee strategy for the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/609431

Since you started your petition the Government has announced further humanitarian aid to the Ukraine. You can read more about this here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-further-humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine

We could accept a petition calling for changes to legislation relating to entering the UK without a visa, but it would need to be clear what changes you wanted to be made to current legislation.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 26 February 2022
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