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  Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill - Remove the government's power to remove subsistence-only support from all asylum seekers in one fell swoop - rejected
  
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  The majority Not-Contents rejected an amendment[1] to the [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020041_en_1 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill]. 
  
  The Bill gives the government the power to set up accommodation centres for destitute asylum seekers and people with residency restrictions[2]. The government also has the power to stop supporting asylum seekers under the [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/ukpga_19990033_en_1 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999] if they are being housed in these accommodation centres[3].
  
  The aim of the amendment in this vote was to prevent the government removing this support because of concerns over family and child welfare[4]. However, it was defeated.
  
  The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill became law in 2002. Its main aims were to:[5]
  
  * 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/lords/?gid=2002-10-24a.1440.0 Lord Dholakia], House of Lords, 24 October 2002
  * [2] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020041_en_3#pt2-pb1-l1g16 Section 16 in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act]
  * [3] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020041_en_5#pt3-l1g43 Section 43 in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act]
  * [4] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2002-10-24a.1440.1 Lord Dholakia], House of Lords, 24 October 2002
  * [5] 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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