The Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It received royal assent on 14 May 2014.[3] The act makes provision to prevent private landlords from renting houses to people without legal status, to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining driving licences and bank accounts[4] and for the investigation of sham marriages.[5] Landlords who rent housing to illegal migrants without carrying out these checks will bear civil liability. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in a civil penalty of no more than £3,000.[6]

Only six Labour MPs opposed the act; Diane Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn, Kelvin Hopkins, John McDonnell, Fiona Mactaggart and Dennis Skinner.[7]

The act removes key protections for Commonwealth citizens residing in the United Kingdom that existed in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999[8] which was a major preceding factor in the Windrush scandal that involved at least 83 wrongful deportations.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 272(8).
  2. ↑ Section 272(5)–(7).
  3. ↑ Section 272(1)–(3).

References

  1. ↑ "EU Referendum On Thursday 23 June there will be a vote on the UK's membership of the European Union". Gov.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Bill stages — Immigration Act 2014". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Immigration Act 2014 — UK Parliament". Services.parliament.uk. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Immigration Act 2014". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Halsbury's Laws of England, volume 72: "Sham marriages and sham civil partnerships; in general.", paragraph 12 (6th edition)
  6. ↑ "The Immigration Bill received Royal Assent on 14 May. In doing so it became the Immigration Act 2014" (PDF). Archived on August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2023
  7. ↑ "Stop the Immigration Bill: a "regime of harassment for migrants" • Right to Remain". Right to Remain. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "UK removed legal protection for Windrush immigrants in 2014". guardian.com. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Rawlinson, Kevin (12 November 2018). "Windrush: 11 people wrongly deported from UK have died – Javid". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2019. Javid … said there were 83 cases in which it had been confirmed people were wrongfully removed from the country and officials fear there may be a further 81


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