The
Ministry of Justice recently published an amendment of the Tribunal Procedure
with measures aimed at stopping failed asylum seekers absconding.
The
amendment to the procedural rule which was laid before Parliament on 9th
June 2014 and coming into force on 30th June 2014 allows Tribunals
to serve its notice of decision only to the Home Office who will then serve the
notice on the appellant.
This
amendment is applicable to both First-tier and Upper Tribunals in an asylum
case.
Prior
to the amendment appellants and the Home Office are notified of the immigration
tribunal’s decision at the same time.
With
the new measures, the Home Office now have the duty of notifying the appellant
of the decision of the Tribunal.
The
implication of this is that the Home Office now have the blank cheque to take
whatever measure it deems fit including a decision to detain failed asylum
seekers even before they are aware of the decision of the Tribunal.
According
to a report in The Telegraph earlier this week, Mark Reckless, a Conservative
MP has already described the amendment as measures aimed at stopping failed asylum
seekers to abscond.
