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Ban UK Border Force from picking up migrants in the Channel

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Background

We urge the Government to prohibit UK Border Force vessels from picking up and collecting migrants from the English Channel, and to only detain them once they land in the UK.

Where it’s popular

Constituencies with the most signatures on this petition.

North West HampshireKit Malthouse
27
East WiltshireDanny Kruger
10
Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes
9
Spen ValleyKim Leadbeater
9
CrawleyPeter Lamb
8
Glastonbury and SomertonSarah Dyke
7
GainsboroughSir Edward Leigh
7
South West DevonRebecca Smith
6
South DorsetLloyd Hatton
6
YeovilAdam Dance
6
Leigh and AthertonJo Platt
6
WrexhamAndrew Ranger
6
Sunderland CentralLewis Atkinson
6
Barnsley SouthStephanie Peacock
5
HorshamJohn Milne
5
Faversham and Mid KentHelen Whately
5
Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLuke Myer
5
Blaydon and ConsettLiz Twist
5
BassetlawJo White
5
Dewsbury and BatleyIqbal Mohamed
5

Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 732995.

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