Immigration Act 2014

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Immigration Act 2014
Commencement
14 July 2014[4]
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Immigration Act 2014 is an

sham marriages.[7] 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 pounds.[8]

Only six Labour MPs opposed the Act; Diane Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn, Kelvin Hopkins, John McDonnell, Fiona Mactaggart and Dennis Skinner.[9]

The Act removes key protections for

Commonwealth citizens residing in the United Kingdom that existed in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999[10] which was a major preceding factor in the Windrush scandal that involved at least 83 wrongful deportations.[11]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Bill stages — Immigration Act 2014". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Immigration Act 2014 - Territorial Extent and Application". The Stationery Office. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Immigration Act 2014 - Commencement Dates". The Stationery Office. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Immigration Act 2014 — UK Parliament". Services.parliament.uk. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Immigration Act 2014". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  7. ^ Halsbury's Laws of England, volume 72: "Sham marriages and sham civil partnerships; in general.", paragraph 12 (6th edition)
  8. ^ "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
  9. ^ "Stop the Immigration Bill: a "regime of harassment for migrants" • Right to Remain". Right to Remain. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. ^ "UK removed legal protection for Windrush immigrants in 2014". guardian.com. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  11. ^ 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