SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Support for certain categories of migrant

PART 1Amendments of the Immigration Acts

Accommodation centres: definition of “asylum-seeker” etc

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1

Section 18 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (definition of asylum-seeker for purposes of Part 2) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

For the purposes of this Part a person is an “asylum-seeker” if—

a

the person is at least 18 years old,

b

the person has made a protection claim, and

c

the person's claim—

i

has been recorded by the Secretary of State, but

ii

has not been determined.

1A

A person is also an “asylum-seeker” for the purposes of this Part if the person is an asylum-seeker for the purposes of Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 by virtue of section 94(2B) or (3C) of that Act.

3

For subsection (3) substitute—

3

Protection claim” has the meaning given by section 82(2).