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Child asylum seekers detained as adults after UK Home Office ‘alters birth dates’

The Guardian

Unaccompanied child refugees describe attacks in notorious Manston camp after officials ‘ignore or discount’ ID documents The Home Office is routinely changing the dates of birth of unaccompanied child asylum seekers to classify them as adults, according to experts who say the practice is now happening on a “horrifying scale”.

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