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  Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill - Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded
  
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  The majority Aye voters passed an amendment[1] to the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmbills/143/2002143.htm Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill]. 
  
  The amendment disallows rejected asylum seekers from appealing against the decision from within the UK if their claim was wholly unfounded. This applies where the person is being removed to a country where their human rights will be protected.
  
  This vote was virtually identical to another vote [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2002-06-11&number=264 here] except that it affected different parts of legislation[2].
  
  The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill became law in 2002. Its main aims were to:[3]
  
  * 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/debates/?id=2002-06-11.827.0 Beverley Hughes MP], House of Commons, 11 June 2004
  * [2] In this case [http://www.england-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/ukpga_19990033_en_1 sections 69 and 77 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999]
  * [3] 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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