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Immigration Act 2014

The Immigration Act will change the removals and appeals system, end the abuse of Article 8 and prevent illegal immigrants accessing public services.

The Immigration Act received royal assent on 14 May 2014.

It will:

  • introduce changes to the removals and appeals system, making it easier and quicker to remove those with no right to be here
  • end the abuse of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to respect for family and private life
  • prevent illegal immigrants accessing and abusing public services or the labour market

List of documents

These are a collection of documents relating to the Immigration Act:

Where can I find out more information?

The Immigration Bill and explanatory notes are available on the Parliament website.

Documents

Updates to this page

Published 10 October 2013
Last updated 15 May 2014 show all updates
  1. The act received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014.

  2. First published.