UK High Court Rules Against Home Office’s Age-Assessment Process of Young Illegal Immigrants

Undated file photo showing a group of people adrift in a dinghy before being rescued off the coast of Folkestone, Kent, England. Gareth Fuller/PA

Two young people have won a High Court challenge on Wednesday against the UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel over the way their ages were assessed upon their illegal entry in England.

The pair, whose names were not disclosed, said they were minors at the times of their arrivals, but they were quickly judged by social workers to be adults at a holding facility in Dover, Kent.