Rejected petition: Stop payments of up to £40,000 to failed asylum seekers for voluntary departure.
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The UK tax payer should not be funding failed asylum seekers to leave the UK. They entered illegally and should not get a financial reward for leaving.
To make failed asylum seekers / those who entered the UK illegally, leave the uk without being financially rewarded for doing so. This should not be funded by the tax payer.
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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You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for the same action: "Stop pilot scheme giving up to £40,000 to failed asylum seeker families" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/763401
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.