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Assessments based solely on appearance and demeanour, in line with Home Office rules, are inherently flawed, and the notion that border officials can decide an individual’s date of birth based on looking at them is even more so. None of us could manage that. Concerns about visual assessments have been raised not just by NGOs but by the Children’s Commissioner, parliamentary committees and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. In his recent report, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration pointed to