The article below was featured in The Conversation on the 13th of January 2022. Please see the article here: Asylum seekers: why UK needs to change how it assesses the age of new arrivals.

In this article I write my response to the announcement by the Home Office, in January 2022, that it would set up a committee to advise on the use of scientific methods – such as x-rays and MRI imaging – to determine the age of asylum seekers.