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UKBA suspends asylum X-ray pilot

    News
  • Friday, April 27, 2012
    • | CYP Now
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has suspended plans to pilot the use of dental X-ray assessments on age-disputed asylum-seekers.

Ministers raise concerns over asylum X-ray pilots

    News
  • Wednesday, April 25, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Children's minster Sarah Teather and Education Secretary Michael Gove have raised concerns with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) over its decision to trial X-rays for age-disputed asylum-seekers.

Can X-rays determine age?

    Other
  • Monday, April 16, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the legality of the UK Border Agency's plans to use X-rays to determine the age of young asylum seekers

Legal aid for young migrants

    Other
  • Tuesday, March 6, 2012
    • | CYP Now
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will leave many children without legal assistance, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre

Failure to protect migrant children

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    • | CYP Now
The UK Border Agency continues to prioritise immigration control over the rights of children, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre

Border Agency appeals ban on dawn raids

    Other
  • Monday, May 16, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The government is challenging a court-imposed ban on controversial "dawn raid" removals of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children that are carried out without notice, as the number of deportations has plummeted, CYP Now has learned.

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