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The impact of incorrect age assessment for minors


Guidance for the Protection, Care and Assistance of Vulnerable ...

... CHILDREN. 257. Age assessment procedures. Children arriving in a territory often have no valid documentation providing definitive proof of age. In the case of.

Age assessment for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Egypt

The shift from a distinct, explicit age assessment interview to age assessment de facto taking place during a broader multifunctional protection assessment ...

Combine social work with scientific methods to boost reliability of ...

The report added: “Cases have shown that incorrect decisions have been made, sometimes with catastrophic consequences, when vulnerable children ...

The rights of migrant and asylum-seeking children and the impact of ...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has been clear that age assessment methods should be the least invasive possible, and that children ...

Detriment of the doubt - Adviesraad Migratie

An incorrect age assessment, resulting in a minor being treated as an adult, violates the rights of the child. If an adult is mistaken for a ...

International migration of unaccompanied minors: trends, health ...

Trauma, proximity, and developmental psychopathology: the effects of war and terrorism on children ... 150. Association of Directors of Children's Services. Age ...

Age assessment for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Egypt

Disregarding child-sensitive interviewing techniques and questioning credibility in age assessments may influence the trust (and willingness to disclose ...

Unaccompanied Children and the Use of Age as a Barrier to Rights

... age assessments for unaccompanied children ... The consequences of being incorrectly 'aged' will therefore have a potentially detrimental impact ...

The Protection of Unaccompanied Minors in the 27 EU Member States

This lack of reliable age assessment prevents minors from being considered as 'unaccompanied children ... incorrect ages or birthdates on ...

ORR Unaccompanied Children Bureau Policy Guide: Section 2

... assessment information on an unaccompanied child and sponsor to also make a recommendation. ... Travel via airline's unaccompanied minor escort policy (only for ...

Identification | European Council on Refugees and Exiles

Age assessment of unaccompanied children. The procedure for ... age assessment was conducted unlawfully or failed to reach the correct conclusion.

Age Assessment Guidance - InfoMIE.net

Children who have been trafficked into the UK are likely to have had experiences which impact on their ability to participate fully and openly in an age ...

Refugee and Migrant Children's Consortium - Article 39

lower risk than children being treated incorrectly as adults. ... of Directors of Children's Services Age Assessment Guidance or equivalent guidance in the.

Age disputes: Findings from our latest research - Young Roots

Incorrectly assessing a child to be an adult can have catastrophic consequences with regards to access to care, their health, education ...

Pay to prove that you are a child: the government consults on fees ...

Under this perspective, age assessment appeals are therefore inherently about access to human rights as enhanced respect and protection of human ...

Multidisciplinary protocol for age assessment of unaccompanied ...

If repeat- edly solicited with inappropriate methods of interviews that imply the answer or that convey news, the presumed minor can little by little introject ...

Unaccompanied migrant and asylum seekers' children in age ...

... age determination procedures were executed with inaccurate ... age assessment procedure and how it impacts children's rights enshrined in the Convention.

Age assessments: Why they must be rights-respecting

Leah Duncan-Karrim writes about the impact age assessments have on children's human rights. ... children incorrectly deemed to be adults will be ...

Biological evaluation methods to assist in assessing the age of ...

consequences, when vulnerable children are inadvertently placed at risk ... There is an equally important safeguarding issue when minors are incorrectly aged as ...

No method of assessment can predict age with precision, report says

'Incorrect decisions have been made, sometimes with catastrophic consequences, when vulnerable children are inadvertently placed at risk of ...