Only 2 convictions for non-cooperation with the Home Office re-documentation process during 2013, BID FOI request reveals
The Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004 introduced criminal penalties for individuals who fail to cooperate with attempts to obtain travel documents to facilitate their removal from the UK.
The Travel Document Project has been obtaining data on the number of criminal prosecutions and convictions under Section 35 of the Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Act 2004 through a series of FOI requests.
The response from the Ministry of Justice to BID's most recent request shows that from January 1st 2013 to December 31 2013, four people were proceeded against and two were found guilty.
The number of criminal prosecutions and convictions under s35 spanning the entire period since the Act came into force on 22 September 2004, can be found in the table below:
Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts offences under Section 35 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 , England and Wales (1), 2004 to 20013
