The Home Office has ruled out calls for dental X-ray checks to verify the age of Calais refugees arriving in Britain criticising them as “inaccurate, inappropriate and unethical”. “We do not use dental X-rays to confirm the ages of those seeking asylum in the UK,” said a Home Office spokesperson. Home Office officials say that once refugee children have arrived in Britain they are fingerprinted as part of further identity checks. In addition, the Home Office carries out their own checks before children are brought to the UK. “The children we work with have experienced massive trauma, fleeing their homes and living for months in dangerous conditions in Calais.

Source: The Guardian October 19, 2016 11:41 UTC