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Biological methods to assess unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s age
Report by the interim Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee (AESAC) on scientific methodologies for assessing the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
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Commissioned by the Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser, this report sets out the current situation with regard to age estimation, the need for change and a discussion of age estimation methods.
Published 10 January 2023