Controversial plans for the UK to implement supposed scientific methods for assessing the ages of asylum seekers are moving ahead, with a Home Office report likely to suggest four techniques despite a lack of evidence that they work
at the BDA. “These are not scientific methods, but reckless plans that fail basic tests on accuracy and ethics.”“This advisory committee has refused our offers to engage,” he says. “If these age checks go forward, then they will be helping the Home Office chase column inches with no regard for the consequences.”
“The inevitable result will be that vulnerable child migrants will end up paying the price,” says Crouch. Another method likely to be recommended is the analysis of collarbone maturity, either using MRI scans or X-rays. “It’s a marker that matures much later,” one source with knowledge of the committee’s report told“If you can see that someone’s collarbone is more mature, then you’re more confident that they’re over 18.”
But this measure isn’t perfect and can still only tell you someone’s age within a five-year range, the source says, which could include ages both above and below 18. The Home Office said it wouldn’t comment on the contents of the report, only saying that it will be published in “due course”.
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