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UK: Immigration Bill: Lords Amendment 84: Immigration detention: time limit and judicial oversight

25 April 2016

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"Lords amendment 84 introduces automatic judicial oversight of immigration detention for the first time. Contrary to the title, it does not introduce a time limit, but would provide an important judicial safeguard to the Home Office's powers of detention. The amendment would require the Home Secretary to gain the permission of the First Tier Tribunal if she wanted to detain an individual for immigration purposes for longer than 28 days. The automatic judicial oversight would not apply in cases involving people who have either been given a criminal sentence of 12 months or longer or who face deportation."

See the full text: Lords Amendment 84: Immigration detention: time limit and judicial oversight (The Detention Forum, pdf)

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