#2026/499Accommodation Conditions for Failed Asylum Seekers Amendment Regulations 2026
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This law lets the Home Office make continued accommodation for certain failed asylum seekers conditional on them not working when their immigration status bars them from working. The practical change is narrow. It affects people receiving accommodation under section 4 support after their asylum claim has failed, and gives the government another condition it can attach to that support. Accommodation providers and support administrators may need to reflect this condition in notices, checks, and case handling from 2 June 2026.
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Key Changes
- Adds a new condition that can be attached to continued accommodation for certain failed asylum seekers.
- Requires affected individuals not to work when their immigration status disqualifies them from working.
- Links the new condition to the illegal working definition in the Immigration Act 1971.
Obligations
What this law requires
A failed asylum-seeker receiving accommodation under section 4(2) or 4(3) support must comply with any condition requiring them not to work when they are disqualified from working because of their immigration status.
Accommodation support administrators must treat compliance with a no-work requirement as a permissible condition for continued provision of accommodation where the person is disqualified from working under section 24B(2) of the Immigration Act 1971.