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Originally Posted by techguyone
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The onus is on individuals to prove they were resident in the UK before 1 January 1973, the date the 1971 Immigration Act came into force. However, a key clause from 1999 legislation, which had provided longstanding Commonwealth residents with protection from enforced removal, was deleted from the 2014 Immigration Act. The government did not announce the removal of this clause, nor did it consult on the potential ramifications.
THIS is the bigger problem, nevermind LAB & CON squabbling about who did what. THIS is the issue, and it's a worrying one,. it shows a lack of due diligence and transparency on all sides.
With legislation like that slipping in, we're all farked. Where else has stuff been quietly erased...
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So the changes only affected whether you could be deported if you couldn't prove a right to remain, not a right to NHS care, jobs, housing etc. All of those issues would remain without any of the 1999 changes(whatever they were). Is the change the one in the 1999 act that refers people NOT being a British Citizen could be deported to in 2014 just people of whatever citizenship, who hadn't got a right to remain? The Landing cards could confer automatic British Citizenship based on the 1971 act.