Open Asylum Inquiry: Must Hear Testimony of Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Supporters Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/open-asylum-inquiry-must-hear-testimony-of-asylum-seekers-refugees-and-supporters.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:02 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr. Anonymous [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21647207?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Sep 2017 02:34:58 UTC 21647207 Vera Wriedt [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16691834?utm_medium=rss Stop the silencing of non-citizen voices!

]]> Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:16:17 UTC 16691834 Ms Sandy Broadhurst [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15357408?utm_medium=rss Asylum seekers, refugees and supporters should have the opportunity to publicly voice their ideas and opinions about the replacement of the UKBA so that the new asylum system can be efficient, fair and properly take into account people's human rights.

]]> Wed, 5 Jun 2013 09:17:26 UTC 15357408 Ms Dorothy Amos [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15351226?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:07:10 UTC 15351226 Miss Catherine Tonge [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15349950?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:00:07 UTC 15349950 Mr Michael McLoughlin [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15345468?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Jun 2013 10:45:03 UTC 15345468 howard lane [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15344565?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Jun 2013 06:46:51 UTC 15344565 gill price [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15344236?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Jun 2013 04:55:12 UTC 15344236 Ms Anonymous [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15344067?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Jun 2013 03:42:48 UTC 15344067 Dr Rainer Bartel [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15343666?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Jun 2013 01:28:34 UTC 15343666 ms Marilyn Fearon [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15341919?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Jun 2013 03:01:45 UTC 15341919 Ms Mumtaz Karimjee [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15341697?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Jun 2013 02:09:26 UTC 15341697 Ms Alex Pilcher [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15340732?utm_medium=rss The treatment of asylum seekers in the UK at present is horrific. People who are in desperate need of a safe and stable haven are hounded as though they are criminals. The system badly needs to change and it is high time that refugees themselves had a voice in this to counter balance the racist rhetoric of the tabloid press.

]]> Sun, 2 Jun 2013 10:15:36 UTC 15340732 ms kisa harriet [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15338092?utm_medium=rss very important to hear or have first class information from asylum seekers

]]> Sat, 1 Jun 2013 07:12:09 UTC 15338092 Mr Tim Ottevanger [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15337768?utm_medium=rss Asylum seekers are always talked about but rarely have their experiences of or views on the UK asylum system heard.

]]> Sat, 1 Jun 2013 05:14:22 UTC 15337768 Ms Patricia Sanchez [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15337496?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 04:03:22 UTC 15337496 MISS JOAN HALL [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15337425?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 03:40:36 UTC 15337425 mr Robert Spooner [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15337408?utm_medium=rss I have known at least 300 individual asylum seekers and heard much evidence of mistreatment and injustice in the UK.

]]> Sat, 1 Jun 2013 03:36:12 UTC 15337408 Mr John Lloyd [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15337199?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 02:43:18 UTC 15337199 Anonymous [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15337177?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 02:36:54 UTC 15337177 Ms Sally Capes [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15337063?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 02:14:34 UTC 15337063 Ms Nahid Aslam [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15336662?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 12:50:56 UTC 15336662 Ms Teresa MASIA PERALES [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15336457?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 12:06:50 UTC 15336457 Dr Michael Loughlin [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15335592?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 09:02:39 UTC 15335592 Heinz Leitner [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15335459?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 08:32:22 UTC 15335459 Ms Emma Loughlin [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15335441?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 08:28:07 UTC 15335441 lillian Winter [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15335160?utm_medium=rss Let us have some humanity in this country. It is sadly lacking.

]]> Sat, 1 Jun 2013 07:12:09 UTC 15335160 Vanessa Baisi [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15335047?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Jun 2013 06:28:46 UTC 15335047 mS Jelica Roland [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15296883?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 11:58:59 UTC 15296883 Mr Peter Pride [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15270532?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 05:05:54 UTC 15270532 Ms Rachel Harger [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15269046?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 02:53:39 UTC 15269046 Miss Jessica MacIntyre [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15268579?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 12:21:22 UTC 15268579 David Murray [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15262684?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 08:05:34 UTC 15262684 Ms Claire Hall [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15261950?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 05:24:37 UTC 15261950 Ms Sophie Mak-Schram [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15260660?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 06:44:33 UTC 15260660 Hannah Nott [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15259357?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 11:18:00 UTC 15259357 Miss Rachael Bee [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15254383?utm_medium=rss I fully and wholeheartedly support this petition. I know in my own life that it has been the personal testimony of asylum seekers themselves that has spurred me to action. Let us not be afraid of the impact of real life testimony. It is always easier to continue a system that forces people into destitution and is so clearly wrong to those in direct contact with the consequences of it by avoiding facing the reality face to face. Please listen!

]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 07:02:47 UTC 15254383 Mrs Glenys Robinson [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15254157?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 05:42:33 UTC 15254157 mr mike cowley [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15250104?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 09:39:09 UTC 15250104 Ms Caroline Salzedo [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15250042?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 09:18:13 UTC 15250042 Ms Caroline Beatty [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15249755?utm_medium=rss I am writing to give my full support for the call to ensure that asylum seekers personal testimonies are heard by the committee taking evidence in this enquiry.
It is crucial that the voice of those who experience the current policies and processes directly should be heard in this enquiry. The Home Office position has been that immigration control should be fair as well as firm; in order to assess whether this theoretical position has meaning in practice, the impact of it on sanctuary seekers must be scrutinised.

]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 08:12:11 UTC 15249755 Dennis Hambridge [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15249076?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 05:36:51 UTC 15249076 Mrs Ruth Nott [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15248919?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:13 UTC 15248919 Ballu Koroma [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15248647?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:55 UTC 15248647 April Jackson [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15247262?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 10:15:10 UTC 15247262 Mr saleh mamon [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15245745?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 04:30:00 UTC 15245745 Mr Mark Shotter [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15243239?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 11:18:56 UTC 15243239 Miss Valerie Pope [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15242400?utm_medium=rss It is essential that all listening to evidence and making decisions in this enquiry hear the stories of those who have been impacted the most - the asylum seekers and refugees themselves who have suffered not only in their home countries, but in the UK since arrival in seek of sanctuary.

]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 09:10:38 UTC 15242400 Ms Rachel Bird [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15242245?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 08:30:22 UTC 15242245 Miss Debbie Headspeath [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15241976?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 07:36:39 UTC 15241976 Ms Jo Ronayne [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15241930?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 07:26:13 UTC 15241930 Dr. Martha W D Bushnell [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15239253?utm_medium=rss Please open testimony of asylum seekers, refugees, and supporters to the fate of the detainees.

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 05:42:42 UTC 15239253 ms Anonymous [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15239065?utm_medium=rss give a chance to have a say.

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 04:53:13 UTC 15239065 Mr Martin Byrne [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15239035?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 04:46:03 UTC 15239035 Mrs Konnie Lloyd [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15238755?utm_medium=rss It is of crucial importance to review what is happening in UK regarding the treatment of asylum seekers at all stages of the process
and to correct the abuses, the inefficiency causing years of waiting, the disgraceful way asylum seekers are often treated in detention. There is an urgent need to establish a system which is just, understandable to those going through it and redresses the injustices suffered by so many people fleeing for their lives.

I have worked with asylum seekers for the last 10 years, understand some of the difficulties in making status decisions, but believe that the courts have been corroded by a cynical disbelief of so much evidence put before them.

A credible system needs trained staff and achievable targets in order to function with humanity as well as efficiency.

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 03:37:43 UTC 15238755 Miss Mary Foley [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15238736?utm_medium=rss You need an appreciation of what the system does to individualsE9

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 03:34:18 UTC 15238736 Dr Michael Loughlin [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15238623?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 03:04:50 UTC 15238623 Ms Carol Ackroyd [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15237878?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 12:04:29 UTC 15237878 jon homer [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15237216?utm_medium=rss People arriving in this country to claim asylum have a right to be treated with humanity and respect. Part of this involves the chance for them (whether detained or not) and their supporters to present their cases; all too often it seems that either their papers have gone missing after being sent to the UKBA, or the cases have been dealt with summarily, without a chance for the person to assemble and present evidence in support of their claims. In the past the UK has had a good reputation for helping refugees and asylum seekers and being sensitive to their situations. All too often it now seems that for political reasons, many are returned to face a clealy unsafe situation in their own countries. It is high time that we once again honoured our obligations to treat these people fairly, in particular by allowing them to tell of their situation in their own words and with proper support.

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 10:02:23 UTC 15237216 mr Sam Robson [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15236869?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 08:39:34 UTC 15236869 Mr Ray Duff [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15236817?utm_medium=rss Openness and transparency is vital for the protection of asylum seekers human rights.

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 08:28:32 UTC 15236817 Ms Becky Ely [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15236368?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 06:19:57 UTC 15236368 Anonymous [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15236207?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 05:14:13 UTC 15236207 Mr Michael James [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15236148?utm_medium=rss I am ashamed in this day and age that the government is still hiding behind secrecy with regard to detention and sending back of vulnerable people to regimes where they are in danger of being executed. You go for the soft touch as with lesbians and Gays and married women with children. You all are an absolute disgrace to humanity and may your actions haunt you forever.

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 04:52:01 UTC 15236148 Stuart Brown [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15235957?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 03:50:24 UTC 15235957 shrouk elattar [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15235939?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 03:46:28 UTC 15235939 Joyce Yendole [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15235818?utm_medium=rss How else will you understand what has happened to people to drive them to seek asylum? No one would try to do it and get through the system successfully unless they had no other choice, would they?

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 03:09:58 UTC 15235818 Mr Alastair Lings [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15235786?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 02:57:52 UTC 15235786 mr Anonymous [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15235771?utm_medium=rss Those affected should clearly be able to have their voice heard!

]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 02:50:50 UTC 15235771 Zelda Jeffers [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15235594?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 01:47:20 UTC 15235594 Eva Davidson [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15234725?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 08:07:37 UTC 15234725 Ms Jai Forde [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15234417?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 06:30:43 UTC 15234417 Liam McLeod [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15234346?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 06:00:39 UTC 15234346 James Wolfe [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15234328?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 05:51:11 UTC 15234328 Dr Derek Williams [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15234326?utm_medium=rss This country should be invaded and a diaspora initiated for safe exit for all homosexuals and other minorities threatened with state sanctioned murder.

]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 05:50:52 UTC 15234326 Emma Sam [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15234322?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 05:49:06 UTC 15234322 Rev Mark Nash-Williams [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15234178?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 05:06:35 UTC 15234178 Geoffrey Curl [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15234048?utm_medium=rss I have worked with migrants within the existing structure for years; and it is consistently irrational in its outcomes, this being the firm opinion of not only myself, but of all of my colleagues within this sector.
-Thank you.

]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 04:28:46 UTC 15234048 Philippe Wannesson [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233914?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 03:54:28 UTC 15233914 Ms Sally Capes [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233862?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 03:41:01 UTC 15233862 Mr Thomas Castle [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233637?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 02:44:37 UTC 15233637 Mrs Janet King [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233486?utm_medium=rss HASC,
I know that you have sought written evidence from a wide range of groups and I thank you for this. I do think it would help you in your work if you called some asylum seekers and detainees to give spoken evidence so that you can question them further. If they are brave enough to speak out, could you be brave enough to listen,please? Deaths of young people in detention or deportation are not to be tolerated and the whole issue of the effects of indefinite detention needs evidence from the victims of this process, which is not recommended by UNHCR.

]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 02:04:09 UTC 15233486 John Lloyd [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233480?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 02:03:13 UTC 15233480 Ms Christine McCabe [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233451?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 01:54:45 UTC 15233451 Mr Roy Filleul [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233364?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 01:31:34 UTC 15233364 Ms Joya Ghose [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233361?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 01:31:06 UTC 15233361 Ms Chris Perks [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233281?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 01:13:58 UTC 15233281 Miss Dionne Smith [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233255?utm_medium=rss This racism has to stop! I demand and end to the ill treatment of those most vulnerable in society!!
An end to racist deportations and justice for immigrants!!!

]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 01:08:57 UTC 15233255 Dr David Pollak [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233253?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 01:08:37 UTC 15233253 Miss Ioana Cerasella Chis [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233208?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 12:59:12 UTC 15233208 Nicki Jameson [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233181?utm_medium=rss Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!

]]> Sat, 11 May 2013 12:53:56 UTC 15233181 Miss Anjeli Shah [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233139?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 12:42:12 UTC 15233139 MS Marilynh Fearon [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233121?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 12:37:54 UTC 15233121 Anne Jennings [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15233004?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 12:07:43 UTC 15233004 Dr Heinz Leitner [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15232982?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 12:04:28 UTC 15232982 Mr Adrian Williams [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15232974?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 12:01:42 UTC 15232974 Mr Liam McLeod-Eccles [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15232910?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 11:49:10 UTC 15232910 Ms Catriona Pritchard [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15232900?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 11:46:23 UTC 15232900 Ms Lauren Affleck [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15232897?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 11:45:54 UTC 15232897 Nig Evenden [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15232895?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 11:45:43 UTC 15232895