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X-ray Asylum Seekers

transmitter | 05.01.2007 08:14 | Anti-racism | Migration | Technology | Birmingham

The Guardian today published a report on a new government plan to introduce x-ray and dental checks for young asylum seekers entering the UK to assess their age. The article says the plan is seen by "an array of medical specialists and children's campaigners" as "unethical and ineffective", but does not say how racist this new neo-Labour invention is.

"A Home Office document seen by the Guardian, a final version of which is due to be published within days, outlines plans to introduce the medical procedures in measures to determine whether unaccompanied young asylum seekers without valid documents are under 18."

Full article here:
 http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1983244,00.html

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