Rejected petition Protect girls and women in Welsh communities by rejecting the Nation of Sanctuary proposal
Many reports on news outlets of rape and sexual abuse by young men arriving here without legitimate documents, typically on small boat crossings.
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, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.
The Petitions Committee has considered a number of petitions on this issue - the most recent petition was considered for the final time within the last 12 months, in January 2026:
https://business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=47009
The Committee also previously considered the following petition:
https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244927
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards
Rejected petitions are published in the language in which they were submitted