Rejected petition Reverse case worker guidance to deny UK citizenship to irregular route refugees

The Government should abide by its obligations under international law regarding the acceptance of asylum seekers. Create safe and legal routes of entry to the UK for all refugees.

More details

The UN Convention on refugees of which the UK is a signatory, states claiming asylum in any country is an internationally recognised human right. Refugees have the right not to be persecuted for "illegal" entry and therefore there is no such thing as an "illegal" asylum seeker. There are currently no legal routes for those fleeing the most war ravaged & unsafe countries in the world. The ban on citizenship punishes those who have already been forced to leave their homes to seek safety in the UK.

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.

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

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Reverse guidance stopping refugees gaining citizenship
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/717817

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

Date submitted 19 February 2025
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.