Rejected petition Do not send refugees to Rwanda.

Rejected on 19 April 2022

According to Human Rights Watch in Rwanda “arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and torture in official and unofficial detention facilities is commonplace”
There is also considerable evidence of the commonplace mistreatment of the most vulnerable in society.
https://www.hrw.org/africa/rwanda

British Red Cross executive director said the humanitarian network was "profoundly concerned" about the scheme and that "the financial and human cost will be considerable".
The chief executive of the Refugee Council, said the charity was "appalled by the government's cruel and nasty decision", which it said would "do little" to deter people from coming to the UK.
The Lib Dems said the government was "slamming the door" in the face of refugees, while the SNP's Ian Blackford described the plan as "absolutely chilling".

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614913

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