[95A Support for failed asylum-seekers, etc who are unable to leave UK]
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (1999 c 33) | Legislation

[95A  Support for failed asylum-seekers, etc who are unable to leave UK]

[(1)     The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, support for a person, for such period or periods as may be prescribed, if—

(a)     the person is a failed asylum-seeker, or a dependant of a failed asylum-seeker,

(b)     an application for support under this section is made in respect of the person which meets such requirements as may be prescribed,

(c)     it appears to the Secretary of State that the person is destitute, or is likely to become destitute within such period as may be prescribed, and

(d)     the person faces a genuine obstacle to leaving the United Kingdom.

(2)     Subsections (3) to (8) of section 95 (meaning of “destitute”) apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.

(3)     Regulations made by the Secretary of State may make provision

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