# Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 2026, Section 7: Asylum and immigration integration support services


(1) The Executive Office may provide, or arrange or facilitate the provision of, a relevant service to an individual in Northern Ireland who—
(a) is an asylum-seeker or a dependant of an asylum-seeker, or
(b) has a qualifying immigration status for the purposes of this section.
(2) A “relevant service” means a service designed to assist the individual with integration in Northern Ireland.
(3) An individual has a qualifying immigration status for the purposes of this section if the individual—
(a) has humanitarian protection or refugee status granted under the immigration rules,
(b) has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted—
(i) under a policy, programme or scheme of the United Kingdom government which is for the purpose of enabling persons who are not British citizens to be present in the United Kingdom because of adverse circumstances in another place, or
(ii) otherwise, outside the immigration rules, because of adverse circumstances in another place.
(4) The Executive Office may by regulations amend subsection (3) so as to add, remove or modify a description of circumstances in which a person has qualifying immigration status for the purpose of this section.
(5) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution.
(6) The Executive Office may—
(a) make payments to a service provider in pursuance of arrangements under subsection (1),
(b) facilitate something under subsection (1) by making payments towards the costs of providing it.
(7) In this section—
“asylum-seeker” and “dependant of an asylum-seeker” have the same meanings as in Part 2 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002,
“the immigration rules” means the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2026/10/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administrative-and-financial-provisions-act-northern-ireland-2026/section-7
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