Forced Adulthood: The Home Office’s incorrect determination of age and how this leaves child refugees at risk. - Refugee Council
Refugee Coucil
Donate
Home / Resources / Forced Adulthood: The Home Office’s incorrect determination of age and how this leaves child refugees at risk.

Popular search queries

Forced Adulthood: The Home Office’s incorrect determination of age and how this leaves child refugees at risk.

Hundreds of children seeking asylum in the UK are being incorrectly assessed by the Home Office using a short visual assessment shortly after their arrival. This flawed decision-making process results in children being placed in unsupervised adult accommodation and immigration detention, exposing them to significant risks and potential harm. This joint report by the Helen Bamber Foundation, Humans for Rights Network and the Refugee Council provides updated evidence of the Home Office improperly treating large numbers of children seeking asylum as adults upon arrival in the UK.

Download the report: Forced Adulthood: The Home Office’s incorrect determination of age and how this leaves child refugees at risk.

Get our email updates

Sign up to receive email updates about how your support transforms the lives of refugees and people seeking asylum, and how you can donate and support our work in other ways such as campaigning and events. We’ll only contact you in the ways you want, and we promise to keep your data safe. See our privacy policy for further details.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp’s privacy practices here.