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MPs must reject cruel and unscientific age tests for asylum seekers

Young Ukrainians are slowly making their way to the UK. Will we penalise them on the basis of dodgy assessments, or will we welcome them?

By Ben Twomey and Jennifer Downie
MPs must reject cruel and unscientific age tests for asylum seekers
Young Ukrainian refugees pictured last week at a warehouse in the Polish city of Przemysl, having fled through the Medyka-Shehyni border.
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There is no known scientific method that can precisely determine a person’s age.

This poses a problem for the Home Office.

As you read this, Ukrainians are fleeing their homes and – slowly – making their way to the UK. Among them, heartbreakingly, will be unaccompanied children and young people.

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