UNITED
NATIONS
E
Economic and Social
Council
Distr.
GENERAL
E/CN.4/1999/63/Add.3
18 December 1998
Original:
ENGLISH
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Fifty-fifth session
Item 11 (a) of the provisional agenda
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF:
TORTURE AND DETENTION
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Addendum
Report on the visit of the Working Group to the United Kingdom
on the issue of immigrants and asylum seekers
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction
I.
II.
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THE WHITE PAPER:
THE LEGAL REGIME:
THE GOVERNMENTS'S STRATEGY . . .
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
. . . . . .
1 -
5
2
6 -
8
3
9 - 17
4
9
4
A.
The Immigration Act
B.
Immigration Service Instructions
(non-statutory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10 - 13
5
Procedural aspects and comments thereon
14 - 17
7
18
9
C.
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Page
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III.
MATTERS OF CONCERN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IV.
IMPRESSIONS OF THE WORKING GROUP
DURING THE VISIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19 - 25
10
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
26 - 40
12
V.
GE.98-05206
(E)
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