Rejected petition Use Dartmoor Prison in the short term to house illegal asylum seekers.

Open Dartmoor prison to house asylum seekers in the short term while waiting to be processed instead of using hotels and houses of multiple occupancy.

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The cost of millions per week at the tax payers expense.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It requests action at a local level.

You could start a different petition calling for parts of the prison estate across the UK that are currently not being used to be made available for this purpose.

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Date submitted 7 January 2026
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