{"id":1172083,"date":"2021-12-30T09:19:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T14:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172083"},"modified":"2021-12-30T09:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T14:19:25","slug":"number-of-fake-child-migrants-in-britain-more-than-triples-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-fake-child-migrants-in-britain-more-than-triples-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Fake &#039;Child&#039; Migrants in Britain More Than Triples in a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnumber-of-fake-child-migrants-in-britain-more-than-triples-in-a-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172083&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lunar-House.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The number of \u201cchild\u201d migrants found to be lying about their age in Britian has more than tripled in just a year, official figures have revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In the year to September 2021, some&nbsp;1,118 migrants were found to have lied about being children \u2014 likely due to the fact that being a child, and especially a so-called unaccompanied minor, speeds up asylum applications and makes removal from the country harder \u2014 according to Home Office figures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/12\/27\/number-migrants-falsely-claiming-children-triples-year\/\">reported<\/a> by <em>The Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The true figure is likely higher, as it has been policy not to even challenge migrants claiming to be children \u2014 that is, 17 or younger \u2014 unless they appear to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2016\/10\/21\/officials-only-challenge-age-of-child-refugees-if-they-look-over\/\">\u201cat least 25 years old\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, a previous scheme to import supposed migrant children directly from Calais, France was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/02\/09\/uk-stop-taking-child-migrants-dubs-amendment\/\">quietly wrapped up<\/a> after photographs of what were supposed to be stringently-vetted arrivals showed the great majority had the appearance of being men who in some cases were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3849646\/Mature-years-fears-real-age-child-migrants-arriving-Calais.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK\">not even particularly young<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More fears over real age of &#8216;child migrants&#8217; arriving from Calais <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PmjsmTkmeb\">https:\/\/t.co\/PmjsmTkmeb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wpx7tAQALu\">pic.twitter.com\/wpx7tAQALu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMailUK\/status\/788650667623735296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is deeply disturbing that the asylum system is so open to abuse that adults claiming to be children can be given the benefit of the doubt and be placed among minors in both accommodation and schools,\u201d commented Migration Watch UK chairman Alp Mehmet of the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe risks to the safety of our children are obvious. It is high time the Government stopped pandering to the immigration industry and dealt with adult migrants as such and not as what they claim to be,\u201d he added, likely in reference to the fact that some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/11\/24\/uk-govt-confirms-child-asylum-seeker-english-school-grown-man\/\">adult migrants have been placed in British schools<\/a> with genuine children after lying about their age.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office, which under current leader Priti Patel MP has made many claims of imminent action to resolve long-running and actually worsening immigration issues, has said it will set up a National Age Assessment Board to try and resolve the issue, which could use DNA analysis and X-rays to verify migrants\u2019 ages.<\/p>\n<p>This is something countries even with notoriously soft immigration policies like Sweden have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/07\/07\/86-per-cent-recently-tested-underage-migrants-sweden-adults\/\">already been doing for years<\/a>, but the notionally right-wing Conservative party had failed to implement such tests in Britain due to supposed ethical considerations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK: Fake \u2018Child Refugee\u2019 Gets Weak Sentence for Violent Rape of 14-Year-Old Schoolgirl <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yl4joFAOPA\">https:\/\/t.co\/Yl4joFAOPA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1002836320337715200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of \u201cchild\u201d migrants found to be lying about their age in Britian has more than tripled in just a year, official figures have revealed. 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