Border Force officers are set to use X-ray technology to confirm the age of asylum-seekers arriving in boats across the Channel. But X-rays of teeth and wrist bones can provide a more accurate picture of a young person's age. Home Office research has found up to 54 per cent of migrants claiming to be children were over 18. In 2018, German doctors branded proposals to subject migrants to X-ray examinations 'unethical' and unreliable. Border Force is to get new powers next year to operate in French waters and officers are being trained in so-called 'pushback' tactics to turn migrant vessels away.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2021 21:00 UTC