Over the past ten years, 52 migrants coming to the UK have succeeded in falsely registering as underage upon arrival - while in fact allegedly aged 30 or older. Under 18s are eligible for special protections, now the UK government says it wants to crack down on potential exploitation of this loophole.

The right-wing Daily Mail newspaper reports that 52 migrants coming to the UK in the past decade succeeded with initially claiming that they were underage only to be found they were in fact 30 years of age or older later on.

The information was reportedly obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request — which allows right of access to information held by public authorities, such as the Home Office in this case.

Migrants over 30 being registered as children after lying about their age upon arriving in Britain https://t.co/tvSblbKW3z

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 19, 2022

Desperate measures

The information also shows that roughly 1,500 adults coming to the UK last year claimed to be children at first — though in the vast majority of those cases they did not pass initial checks: almost two thirds of such age disputes were resolved quickly, showing that the applicant was actually an adult during initial assessments.

The government figures obtained show the rate of people claiming to be underage has risen four times in 2021 compared to the past. The previous year, only 384 migrants to the UK had claimed to be children and were later found to be adults. In the...

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