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  Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill - Give asylum seekers more time to appeal - rejected
  
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  The majority Content voters accepted an amendment[1] to the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldbills/084/04084.iii-iv.html#top Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill]. The amendment increased the amount of time an asylum seeker had to lodge an appeal against their rejected claim to 10 working days[2].
  
  Even though this amendment was passed it was [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2004-07-12&number=222 modified again] at a later date. As a result when the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill became law in 2004 the time in which asylum seekers had to appeal was reduced to five days[3].
  
  The Act's main aims were to:[4]
  
  * Simplify the process of appeal for asylum seekers
  * Criminalise people who arrive into the UK without a valid travel document unless they have a reasonable excuse
  * Stop supporting failed asylum seekers and their families if they do not leave the UK
  * Allow the government to tag and track asylum seekers
  * Provide accommodation to failed asylum seekers who cannot return home immediately
  
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2004-06-07a.14.2 Lord Goodhart], House of Lords, 7 June 2004
  * [2] In a previous version of the Bill appeals had to be lodged within 5 days. As you will see from this [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldbills/084/04084.14-17.html#j01 version of the Bill] it is now 10 working days (clause 15)
  * [3] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2004/ukpga_20040019_en_3#pb5-l1g26 Section 26 in the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004]
  * [4] Based on The Guardian's [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jan/15/civil-liberties-immigration A-Z of legislation]
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