#age-assessment

#age-assessment

The board employs more than 50 social workers to conduct the assessments, but some children have said they are out to get them. The report finds that in some cases the process has led to children's deteriorating mental health, including self-harm and suicidal ideation, and that going through a Home Office age assessment is far more severe and traumatic than a comparable experience with a local authority social worker.

Almost 200 adult asylum-seekers were placed in Tusla children's accommodation over the last three years before it was learned they were over 18.