Protection of Law, withdrawn from Asylum Seekers

      As from Monday 7th January 2002, new legislation affecting asylum seekers came into force.

‘Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure)(Amendment) Rules 2001 Statutory Instruments 2001 No. XXXX (LXX) Immigration.’ (Laid before Parliament 17th December 2001, come into force on 7th January 2002.)

‘ where a case has been certified and the adjudicator dismisses the appeal and upholds the certificate, only the Home Secretary will be informed of the decision.’

Which means:
     If the adjudicator, dismisses the appeal and upholds the certificate, he will only inform the Home Secretary.
Solicitors, representatives, of the asylum claimant will not have to be informed of the decision.
     This will allow the Home Secretary to send in the 'Snatch Squads' to serve the decision and arrest and detain the person so served. It is now the norm for people to be ‘snatched’ on one day and deported the next.

The Home Office have sneaked this new legislation in during the Christmas break.
Under Standing Order 70, certain Orders can be laid during the Parliamentary recess.

Copies of the amendment can be had from NCADC,
send a blank email to:
ncadc@ncadc.org.uk
in the subject line put:
Subscribe 2001 No. XXXX (LXX)