United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4511
Asylum: Age Assurance and Proof of Identity
Introduced
29 November 2023
Last action
8 December 2023 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
Source updated
8 December 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of asylum seeker (a)age verification and (b) identity checks.
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Timeline
29 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of asylum seeker (a)age verification and (b) identity checks.
Source: Commons
8 December 2023
Answer
Where an individual claims to be a child without any documentary evidence, and where there is reason to doubt their claimed age, there is a need to assess their age. Determining the age of a young person is an inherently difficult task. Recent legislative...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-29/4511
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1674154
- uk · wq-1674154 · source updated 8 December 2023