Part 3Other Support and Assistance

49 Failed asylum-seeker

1

The following shall be added at the end of section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (accommodation for person on temporary admission or release)—

2

The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, facilities for the accommodation of a person if—

a

he was (but is no longer) an asylum-seeker, and

b

his claim for asylum was rejected.

3

The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, facilities for the accommodation of a dependant of a person for whom facilities may be provided under subsection (2).

4

The following expressions have the same meaning in this section as in Part VI of this Act (as defined in section 94)—

a

asylum-seeker,

b

claim for asylum, and

c

dependant.

2

The present section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) becomes subsection (1) (and its heading becomes “ Accommodation ”).