The Government has stated that migrants will soon be subject to age checks after a 41-year-old man disguised as a kid to claim asylum in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has informed MPs that when migrants arrive in the country, officials will conduct medical examinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports, X-rays and MRI scans are among the technologies being investigated to debunk fake age claims, which would provide them preferential treatment in the eyes of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Jenrick said in the House of Commons that the additional measures would be implemented “over the course of this year” and denounced those who “abuse the system.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also addressed the recent case of a man who was nearly 30 years older than he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the minister, immigration officials recently discovered that a man who claimed to be a youngster was, in reality, 41 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He described the man as the “oldest individual we’ve encountered” acting as a child after entering in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lone children who arrive in the UK to seek refuge are given immediate help, support, and protection from authorities and are transported to specialised centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adults seeking asylum, on the other hand, are frequently processed for months while waiting for their asylum applications to be approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Approximately 867 out of 1,386 children taken in by local authorities were wrongly classified, meaning they could have been placed alone with adults in unsupervised accommodation, raising new safeguarding concerns.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Government has stated that migrants will soon be subject to age checks after a 41-year-old man disguised as a kid to claim asylum in the UK. Immigration Minister Robert … <\/p>\n