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* According to a briefing from Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (RMCC) in 2024: in 2023 over 3,400 unaccompanied children sought asylum in the UK. Refugee Migrant Children's Consortium<ref>{{cite web|title=Refugee Migrant Children's Consortium|url=https://refugeechildrensconsortium.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RMCC-Briefing-Age-Disputes-September-2024.pdf|publisher=Refugee Migrant Children's Consortium|access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref>
* Over an 18-month span (Jan 2022–Jun 2023), at least 1,300 individuals who claimed to be children were initially assessed by the Home Office as adults. Refugee Migrant Children's Consortium<ref>{{cite web|title=Refugee Migrant Children's Consortium|url=https://refugeechildrensconsortium.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RMCC-Briefing-Age-Disputes-September-2024.pdf|publisher=Refugee Migrant Children's Consortium|access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref>
* In 2024 alone, data from 90 local authorities showed 1,335 referrals of young people claiming to be children but placed in adult accommodation/detention. Of the 1,221 whose age‐assessment decisions were completed, 56% were later found to be children (i.e., they’d been wrongly treated as adults). helenbamber.org<ref>{{cite web|title=helenbamber.org|url=https://www.helenbamber.org/resources/reportsbriefings/serious-safeguarding-scandal-new-data-shows-hundreds-child-refugees|publisher=helenbamber.org|access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref>
* The inspection report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) notes that many initial age decisions by Home Office officials are overturned by local authority assessments. GMIAU<ref>{{cite web|title=GMIAU|url=https://gmiau.org/icibi-ai-age-assessments/|publisher=gmiau.org|access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref>