Negotiating childhood: Age assessment in the UK asylum system

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Sourced from:: Refugee Studies Centre
Author/Creator:: Verley Kvittingen, Anna
Publisher:: Refugee Studies Centre (RSC)
Publisher Type:: Academic/Research Institute
Publisher Url:: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk
Description:: Faced with rising numbers of undocumented asylum seekers claiming to be minors, age assessment is increasingly conceived as an integral part of asylum determination in Europe. This paper therefore seeks to address the underlying issue of why age assessment is so politicised in the UK. How have ‘age-disputed persons’ become a salient political problem?Why does their age assessment remain contentious despite a number of policy amendments?Why has A&M reached the Supreme Court?
Language:: English
Subject:: Unaccompanied minors
Subject:: Age groups
Subject:: Asylum seekers
Subject:: Policy making
Coverage Geography:: United Kingdom
Coverage Geography:: Europe
Date Created:: 01/11/2010
Date Reliable:: Yes
Date Available:: 12/01/2011
Item Type:: Working papers
Item Type:: Dissertations
Relation:: RSC Working Paper No. 67
Relation Requires:: Adobe Acrobat
Format Medium:: PDF
Format Medium:: TXT
Format Extent:: 59 p.
Rights:: Cleared
FMO Status:: Live