A very small percentage of (UASC) will have claimed asylum at a port of entry. Therefore, it may be a social worker from the local authority accommodating the child who will have to assist (UASC) to apply for asylum . The (UASC) applying at an Asylum Screening Unit will be given an initial asylum screening interview, providing the completion of a welfare pro-forma confirms that the child is fit to be interviewed. Unaccompanied migrant children arriving at ports are not given an asylum-screening unit and this has to be arranged for a later date .
2.3.2. Information Gathering - screening and beyond
When an (UASC) comes into contact with authorities in the United Kingdom, the first step is to process the child in order to enter them formally …show more content…
This has arisen particularly in response to the perception that people may be trying to access specialized services and protections only available to children . The guidance on the care of UASCs is “Age assessments should only be carried out where there is significant reason to doubt that the claimant is a child age assessments should not be a routine part of a local authority assessment of unaccompanied and trafficked children”. In general are dealing with children are different from adults, where they will receive a more favourable treatment in the asylum process . They have the right to full child services provided by the local authority (LA) . LA has a duty to support a separated migrant child under the Children Act 1989 as a ‘child in need’ . A number of factors make age assessments complex and challenging. For example, within different ethnic and national groups there are wide variations in young people’s growth and ages of puberty, and young people may look and act older than they are because of their experiences in their country of origin . This is especially true when the applicant did not have documents to prove his identity to prove his identity or has forged documents or the document only indicated that the applicant age might be over 18, for instance the case of Mireille . The procedure for identifying (UASC) is governed by guidance and case law. At the screening stage, where their appearance strongly suggests to the officer that they are significantly over 18, a second opinion must be sought from a senior officer. If they agree that the person is over 18, the asylum seeker is treated as an adult . In case of doubt, the person should be treated as though they are under 18 until there is sufficient evidence to the contrary . For example, in 2010, 26 out of 36 children detained as adults with whom the Refugee Council worked were released after they had been assessed as children. In
2.3.2. Information Gathering - screening and beyond
When an (UASC) comes into contact with authorities in the United Kingdom, the first step is to process the child in order to enter them formally …show more content…
This has arisen particularly in response to the perception that people may be trying to access specialized services and protections only available to children . The guidance on the care of UASCs is “Age assessments should only be carried out where there is significant reason to doubt that the claimant is a child age assessments should not be a routine part of a local authority assessment of unaccompanied and trafficked children”. In general are dealing with children are different from adults, where they will receive a more favourable treatment in the asylum process . They have the right to full child services provided by the local authority (LA) . LA has a duty to support a separated migrant child under the Children Act 1989 as a ‘child in need’ . A number of factors make age assessments complex and challenging. For example, within different ethnic and national groups there are wide variations in young people’s growth and ages of puberty, and young people may look and act older than they are because of their experiences in their country of origin . This is especially true when the applicant did not have documents to prove his identity to prove his identity or has forged documents or the document only indicated that the applicant age might be over 18, for instance the case of Mireille . The procedure for identifying (UASC) is governed by guidance and case law. At the screening stage, where their appearance strongly suggests to the officer that they are significantly over 18, a second opinion must be sought from a senior officer. If they agree that the person is over 18, the asylum seeker is treated as an adult . In case of doubt, the person should be treated as though they are under 18 until there is sufficient evidence to the contrary . For example, in 2010, 26 out of 36 children detained as adults with whom the Refugee Council worked were released after they had been assessed as children. In