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  Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill - Asylum seekers with children of school age should be placed in accommodation centres only if no places are available in local schools
  
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  The majority Content 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 requires that asylum seekers with children of school age should be placed in accommodation centres only if no places are available in local schools[2].
  
  However, before the Bill finally became law the amendment was removed[3].
  
  The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill became law in 2002. Its main aims were to:[4]
  
  * 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=2002-10-09a.325.2 The Bishop of Portsmouth], House of Lords, 9 October 2002
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2002-10-09a.325.2 The Bishop of Portsmouth], House of Lords, 9 October 2002
  * [3] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020041_en_3#pt2-pb2-l1g17 Section 17 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act] contains no mention of the wording outlined in the amendment.
  * [4] 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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