Guidance

Immigration Act: part 5 - support for certain categories of migrants

Part 5 of the Immigration Act concerns support for certain categories of migrants.

Documents

Support for certain categories of migrants: factsheet

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Availability of local authority support : factsheet

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Reforming support for failed asylum seekers and other illegal migrants: response to consultation

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Home Office policy equality statement (PES): reforming support for failed asylum seekers and other illegal migrants

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Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Keeling Schedule

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Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 Keeling Schedule

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Reforming support for migrants without immigration status: the new system contained in schedules 8 and 9 to the Immigration Bill

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Support for certain categories of migrants: impact assessment

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Details

Part 5 of the act redresses an imbalance between failed asylum seekers, who can and should leave the UK, and other categories of illegal migrant by removing the support that is currently available to failed asylum seekers but not to others who similarly have no right to be in the UK.

Safeguards are also put in place through these measures to prevent them impacting disproportionately on the vulnerable, or those who genuinely cannot leave the UK.

Further information

Reforming support for failed asylum seekers and other illegal migrants

Published 17 September 2015
Last updated 10 March 2017 + show all updates
  1. 'Unaccompanied refugee children: factsheet' removed.

  2. New factsheet on unaccompanied refugee children.

  3. New Immigration Act fact sheet on support for certain categories of migrants.

  4. Updated guidance.

  5. New guidance on certification of human rights claims.

  6. New Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 Keeling Schedule document.

  7. Updated factsheets.

  8. New Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Keeling Schedule added.

  9. New guidance documents.

  10. First published.