Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16274

Undocumented Migrants: Age Assurance

Tabled: 26 November 2024
Answered: 4 December 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to help determine the ages of irregular migrants.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Where an individual claims to be a child without any documentary evidence, and where there is reason to doubt their claimed age, immigration officers are required to make an initial age decision to determine whether the individual should be treated as a c...
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