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.
Signatures
9
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 9/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 9/100,000
- 05 FEB 2026Petition rejectedlocal
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.
- 07 JAN 2026Petition created
Background
The cost of millions per week at the tax payers expense.