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  Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill - Decline to give a Second Reading - rejected
  
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  The majority No voters rejected an amendment[1] to decline to give a [http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/stages/second.cfm Second Reading] to the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmbills/005/2003005.htm Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill]. If passed the amendment would have prevented the Bill from moving to the [http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/stages/committee.cfm committee stage].
  
  The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill became law in 2004. Its main aims were to:[2]
  
  * 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[3]
  * 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/debate/?id=2003-12-17.1617.1 Hilton Dawson MP], House of Commons, 17 December 2003
  * [2] Based on The Guardian's [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jan/15/civil-liberties-immigration A-Z of legislation]
  * [3] This was the part of the Bill that particularly concerned MPs who didn't want the Bill to proceed
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