The pediatrician says almost 40 percent of the people the migration agency deems to be children are between 20 and 25 years old. Photo: Marcus Ericsson/TTThe Local · 3 Sep 2016, 14:53Published: 03 Sep 2016 14:53 GMT+02:00A Swedish pediatrician is sparking debate after saying some refugees claiming to be unaccompanied minors are lying about their age. “There are only a few cases of course, but they have definitely been between 30 and 40 years old,” Pediatrician Josef Milerad was quoted by Swedish tabloid Expressen as saying. Some 31,000 asylum-seeking refugees are currently registered with the Swedish Migration Agency as unaccompanied minors. These are resources that have been earmarked for children, but it’s used for another age group,” he told the newspaper.

Source: The Local September 03, 2016 12:56 UTC