Syrian refugees in Europe may not have documents to prove their age Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty
IN OCTOBER 2016, a row broke out over the age of asylum seekers entering the UK from France, with politicians and media commentators questioning why people admitted to the country as children seemed to look much older. Last week, press reports appeared to confirm those doubts: “Hundreds posing as child refugees shown to be adults,” ran one headline.
Such certainty might lead you to believe it is possible to work out precisely how old a person is – or …
