text_body: --- DIVISION TITLE ---
  
  The Asylum (Designated States) Order 2007
  
  --- MOTION EFFECT ---
  
  
  The majority Aye voters approved the [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20072221_en_1 Asylum (Designated States) Order 2007][1]. The Order adds a list of states which the government are satisifed have respect for human rights.
  
  The [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020041_en_1 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002] gives the government the power to dismiss appeals against rejected asylum claims which are unfounded[2]. This applies to a list of countries set out in the Act where the government does not believe returning asylum seekers to these states would jeopardise their human rights.
  
  The Order voted on here added a number of other countries to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 which the government believed had respect for human rights.
  
  ----
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2007-07-25b.1023.1 Motion on The Asylum (Designated States) Order 2007]
  * [2] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020041_en_8#pt5-pb2-l1g94 Section 94 in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002]
  
  
  
  --- COMMENTS AND NOTES ---
  
  (put thoughts and notes for other researchers here)
  