Project overview
The project will help us gather crucial information about the situation on the ground (faced by child refugees undergoing age assessment), the existing research gaps and how they can be filled, and how the scientific research can address the needs of practitioners and professionals helping age disputed child refugees. We intend to engage with Home Office officials conducting visual age assessments in Kent to find out about the challenges they face, the training they receive in this area and above all, learning from them how research can help their work. Charities, such as the Refugee Council, Young Roots, Helen Bamber Foundation, would learn about how research can contribute towards their work and address key gaps in practice, regarding access to safeguarding and justice for instance.
