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Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about immigration and asylum; to make provision about procedures in connection with marriage on superintendent registrar’s certificate; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1999 c 33
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	11 November 1999
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted

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The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It followed a 1998 government white paper entitled "Fairer, Faster And Firmer – A Modern Approach To Immigration And Asylum".^[1] Its main aim was to create a faster system to deal with a backlog of cases.^[2] One of the most notable parts of the new law was to introduce the dispersal policy under section 95 of the Act. This system allowed for the creation of dispersal areas around the United Kingdom, where Asylum applicants would be accommodated while their claims for Asylum were reviewed.^[3]

Background[edit]

Concern about the efficiency of the immigration and asylum system was a key factor in prompting the Government to produce the white paper that would lead to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1998. Since 1996, application claims had been rising and the inability to deal with the volume of applications was cited as indicating a need for reform.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Fairer, Faster And Firmer – A Modern Approach To Immigration And Asylum". Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999". The Guardian. London. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ Politowski, Ben; Terry, McGuinness (29 April 2016). "Policy on the dispersal of asylum seekers". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 22 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Asylum seeker figures". BBC. 7 February 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1999 Category:Immigration law in the United Kingdom Category:Right of asylum legislation in the United Kingdom Category:Immigration legislation

[1] "Fairer, Faster And Firmer – A Modern Approach To Immigration And Asylum". Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[2] "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999". The Guardian. London. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[3] Politowski, Ben; Terry, McGuinness (29 April 2016). "Policy on the dispersal of asylum seekers". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 22 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "Asylum seeker figures". BBC. 7 February 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

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