Subjects:

Blackstone Legislation Guides, Immigration and Nationality Law

Contents:

Commentary - the purposes of the 1996 Act, background to the 1996 Act, asylum claims, removal of asylum claimants, appeals procedure, immigration offences, powers of arrest

Asylum and Immigration Act 1996

Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1982 Housing, England and Wales Housing, Scotland The Housing Accommodation and Homelessness (Persons subject to Immigration Control) Order 1996

Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2053 (C. 46) The Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1996

Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2070 (L. 5) Immigration The Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1996.

This guide provides law practitioners, advisory bodies and others who work in the field of immigration and asylum with a practical and detailed explanation of the effects of the new provisions of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.;The book includes coverage of: changes to the special appeals procedure; removal of asylum claimants to safe third countries; the new appeal procedures; the new criminal offences in connection with assisting immigrants and false statements by immigrants; restrictions in employment and social-security benefits; and detailed ammendments made to earlier immigration legislation.;A copy of the Act is included, with copies of the Appeals Rules 1996 and the Immigration Act 1993, and ammendments made by the 1996 Act added in consolidated form.;Chaloka Beyani is the author of ""State Responsibility for Displaced Persons and Refugees"" and ""Refugee Protection and Freedom of Movement and Residence"".