Examining the Body through Technology: Age disputes and the UK border control system

In an effort to ascertain whether certain migrants and refugees have been telling the ‘truth’ about their age, the UK border control system has, in the past, relied on the use of skeletal x- ray to estimate the applicant’s age, and in recent years has sought to use dental x-ray for the same purpose....

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Main Authors: Evan Smith, Marinella Marmo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women 2013-09-01
Series:Anti-Trafficking Review
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Online Access:http://www.antitraffickingreview.org/index.php/atrjournal/article/view/32