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UK has detained 76 age-disputed' children under one in, one out scheme

Over 70 age-disputed children have been unlawfully detained in the UK, facing mental health declines and lack of access to necessary support.

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1 month ago

Home Office age assessment scheme endangers child refugees and must be scrapped, NGOs say

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.

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1 month ago

Scores of NGOs call for Home Office child assessment body to be axed

Home Office national age assessment board practices risk wrongly classifying children as adults, causing trauma, unsafe placements, and legal harm.

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UK has detained 76 age-disputed' children under one in, one out scheme

Home Office age assessment scheme endangers child refugees and must be scrapped, NGOs say

Scores of NGOs call for Home Office child assessment body to be axed

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