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  Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill - Refuse support to asylum seekers who make a late claim
  
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  The majority Aye voters passed an amendment[1] to the [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020041_en_1 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill]. The amendment gives the government the power to refuse support to asylum seekers who do not make a claim "as soon as reasonably practicable" after arriving into the UK.
  
  The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill became law in 2002. Its main aims were to:[2]
  
  * Allow asylum seekers to be detained at any time
  * Disallow appeals from within the UK from failed asylum seekers who are citizens of a specific country
  * Deny asylum seekers support unless they make their claim "as soon as reasonably practicable" after arrival into the UK
  * Create accommodation centres to house destitute asylum seekers
  
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2002-11-05.201.8 Motion on Lords amendment], House of Commons, 5 November 2002
  * [2] Based on The Guardian's [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jan/15/nationality-immigration-asylum-act A-Z of legislation]
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