Key Benefits Removal of rights of appeal against refusal of entry or leave to enter for students and workers Limiting rights of appeal for family visitors Streamline after-entry rights of appeal Civil penalties for employers of illegal workers Offence of knowingly employing an illegal worker Amend legislative framework for Refugee Integration Loans to reflect change in status Verification of identity of document holder including provision of biometric information Joint passenger data capture and sharing as part of e-borders More flexible approach to the forms, fees and procedures to be used for managed migration applications Allow the use of ID cards to be used for travel in the EEC and Switzerland Allow local authorities to provide accommodation to recipients of s4 support Extend statutory oversight by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to immigration short-term holding facilities and escorts

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United Kingdom

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Follows Government Five-Year Strategy published 7 February

Complements (asylum provisions in) previous Immigration and Asylum Acts through provision for a comprehensive managed migration strategy.