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UIN 4511

Asylum: Age Assurance and Proof of Identity

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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29 November 2023

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8 December 2023 · Answer

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Asylum

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8 December 2023

Asylum

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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  1. 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

  2. 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...

    Source: Written answer

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