Amnesty UK briefing on Clause 43 (Conditions on limited leave to enter or remain)

Clause 43 was introduced in Committee in the House of Commons. It is an especially bad provision for extending Home Office power far further than is proper or necessary and in a way that fundamentally undermines the basis of the UK's immigration system. In essence, it transfers to immigration officers counter-terror-like powers to severely restrict freedom of movement within the UK; and makes any and every migrant to the UK, other than those who have been permitted to settle permanently, potentially liable to those powers.

This briefing explains the fundamental error at the heart of this Clause and why it should be removed from the Bill.