Failed Asylum Seekers Seek Help
R (AW and others) v Croydon London Borough Council and another [2007] EWCA Civ 266
CA
4 April 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary
Where a failed asylum seeker satisfied the criteria of s 21(1) and (1A) of the National Assistance Act 1948 in that he or she was “infirm destitute” and the provision of support was necessary for the purpose of avoiding a breach of his or her Convention rights within the meaning of para 3 of Sch 3 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, that provision fell to be made by a local authority pursuant to s 21 of the 1948 Act.