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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025: IAA factsheet

The Act will strengthen the UK’s ability to respond to border threats, enhance enforcement powers, and reform parts of the asylum and immigration system.

• From: Immigration Advice Authority
• Published: 24 July 2025
• Last updated: 4 December 2025
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  1. 4 December 2025

     Factsheet updated to reflect that the Bill has now been enacted as an Act.

  2. 24 July 2025

     First published.

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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act: IAA factsheet

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The Act gives the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) enhanced powers to better regulate immigration advisers, protect advice seekers, and support the disruption of serious and organised immigration crime.