fromwww.theguardian.com
15 hours agoHome 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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