Posts Tagged ‘asylum seekers’
Gove Confirms He Raised Concerns Over Dental X-rays for Asylum Seekers
Education secretary, Michael Gove, has confirmed that he warned fellow ministers about the controversial dental X-ray trial for asylum seekers. Gove said that he and three fellow ministers raised concerns to the Home Office and the Border Agency regarding the recent trial, which uses dental X-rays to determine the age of young asylum seekers. Last […]
UK’s Children Commissioners Condemned UK Border Agency’s Proposed Use of Dental X-Rays
Plans to use dental X-rays to ascertain the actual age of young-looking asylum seekers has been damned by the UK’s children’s commissioners. The pilot scheme was due to begin in Croydon, south London, and would have involved young-looking asylum seekers being tested with dental X-rays to assess their real age. The UK Border Agency was […]
