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Age assessments have huge consequences
Age assessments have huge consequences - Young Roots
Merton assessments involve a series of interviews with an age-disputed young person, conducted by trained Social Workers, that seek to determine ...
Public Law Project on X: "Age assessments have huge ...
Age assessments have huge consequences - we need better decision-making, and fewer of them. New report on age assessments and how we can ...
The Home Office is using age assessments as a weapon ... - Medium
Over the Christmas period at least three newspapers ran big splashes about adults pretending to be children in order to abuse the asylum ...
Age checks harming refugee children's mental health, study warns
Clinical psychologists are warning that age assessment checks are causing a “profound and harmful impact on the mental health” of unaccompanied asylum-seeking ...
'Deeply worrying' age assessment changes will increase risks to ...
The system of age assessment has always been deeply flawed and SW assessments often conclude an adult is a minor, if it was thought the adult ...
Age assessments: Why they must be rights-respecting
The Commissioner has previously warned that children's rights need to be paramount in any age assessment. Children need an immediate return to ...
Psychosocial age assessments in the UK - Forced Migration Review
Regardless of the type of age assessment, the usual range of possible ages is two to three years on either side of the suggested age. For a young person, this ...
Ditch age assessment X-rays - Refugee Council
Estimates from the Refugee Council show that the number of children who are facing serious safeguarding consequences because of such mistakes is ...
The psychological impact of the age dispute process on ...
In a first of its kind research study in the UK, clinical psychologists at the Helen Bamber Foundation have found that the age assessment ...
The impact of incorrect age assessment for minors - forRefugees
There is no single reliable method for making precise estimates, and no conclusive medical test. Age is central to identity, and the age ...
The importance of accurate age assessments for victims of child ...
A flawed age assessment, can result in a victim of CCE not having the support of an appropriate adult at the police station, being remanded into custody when ...
Age assessments: how to challenge a negative decision
The impact of age assessment decisions on unaccompanied asylum seeking children coming to the UK is huge. As we explored in this earlier ...
Social workers should not assess asylum seeker ages for Home ...
Age assessment also requires asylum seekers to disclose a large amount of information and individuals may fear this could be passed on to ...
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Clinical distress scores were also compared for unaccompanied children being assessed for psychological therapy who have and have not been age disputed. Focus ...
Error rates for unvalidated medical age assessment procedures - NCBI
At least for the maturity assessments of MRI knee, RMV has not presented any external validation prior to the large amount of assessments they now have ...
Age assessment of young people: our new guidance to assist local ...
This initial enquiry carried out by social workers can have a huge impact on the young people involved. If a young person is found to be an ...
Age assessment demands on social workers must be reduced, says ...
In a subsequent interview with Community Care, Pearce said this was placing “huge pressure” on the local authorities concerned and that there ...
Health and social workers urge Home Office to reconsider unethical ...
Age assessments are a complex, specialist piece of work, which needs to be done holistically, fairly and objectively by a social worker, not a ...
Ethical aspects of medical age assessment in the asylum process
As already mentioned, medical age assessments have been criticised by paediatricians and other affected healthcare professionals. We identified ...
Being considered an “undocumented migrant” by the administration and not an “unaccompanied child” may have serious consequences. If the age assessment concludes ...