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Care and management of post detention age claims

Detention services order 02/2019 about managing age dispute cases in immigration detention.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Visas and Immigration, Home Office and Immigration Enforcement
Published:
28 September 2012
Last updated:
2 September 2026
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  1. Updated information about what to avoid during escort.

  2. Published interim operational instruction 07/2026.

  3. Updated guidance. Change in the threshold for assessing someone claiming to be a child as an adult based on an assessment of their physical appearance and demeanour.

  4. Added Care and management of post detention age claims (accessible version).

  5. Updated to include change to staff guidance

  6. Updated guidance.

  7. First published.

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Care and management of post detention age claims (accessible version)

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Care and management of post detention age claims

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Interim operational instruction 07/2026: care and management of age-disputed individuals in immigration detention (accessible)

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Interim operational instruction 07/2026: care and management of age-disputed individuals in immigration detention

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Detention services order for Home Office staff in the detention estate on the correct process for dealing with individuals claiming to be under 18.

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