Legal Update: Age assessment guidance

Kamena Dorling
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how long-awaited guidance could help social workers assess the age of children seeking asylum.

Assessing the age of asylum-seeking children can be a traumatic process for young people and costly for local authorities. Picture: Nathan Clarke
Assessing the age of asylum-seeking children can be a traumatic process for young people and costly for local authorities. Picture: Nathan Clarke

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