An investigative report by ITV News' @RachTownsendITV has revealed that over 1,300 child asylum seekers were incorrectly assessed as adults by the UK Home Office. The figures, shared exclusively with ITV News, indicate that more than half of the age determinations made between January and June of the previous year were wrong. This has raised concerns among campaigners who argue that many traumatized child refugees are being put at risk of abuse due to these flawed age assessments upon their arrival in the UK.
Many traumatised child refugees are being put at risk of abuse after being wrongly assessed as adults on their arrival in the UK, campaigners have said. Flaws in the Home Office’s approach to determining the age of new arrivals led to at least 1,300 refugee children being placed… https://t.co/Hu3gGqjnj6
More than 1,300 child asylum seekers have been wrongly assessed as adults by the @HomeOffice, internal figures have revealed. https://t.co/DdLk1vJSD4 https://t.co/5FhrcrRZVd
🔴 Over 1,300 child migrants wrongly assessed as adults https://t.co/FQ74wdbC0p
🔴 More than half of Home Office age determinations between January and June last year were incorrect Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/MF5dmb2y38 https://t.co/hef0omdzW1
Figures shared exclusively with ITV News reveal over half of asylum seekers subjected to age checks are wrongly ruled as adults when they are actually children, ITV News' @RachTownsendITV reports https://t.co/4lrNxhww4R