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Two thirds of ‘child’ refugees coming into Britain are actually adults

Oct 19, 2016 6:41 pm By Robert Spencer

Could they have some agenda? No doubt it is “Islamophobic” even to ask.

“I’m all for helping innocent children but it is completely ridiculous if we are just going to allow people in based on what they tell us.”

Indeed.

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“Two thirds of ‘child’ refugees coming into Britain are actually ADULTS,” Express, October 19, 2016:

ALMOST two-thirds of ‘child’ refugees questioned about their age were found to be adults, Home Office documents show.

Figures from the documents suggest that in the year ending September 2015, 65 per cent of the refugees who had their age disputed were found to be over 18, although the Home Office has no way of independently verifying their age.

Instead, the documents show that if a refugee is without their birth certificate, a Home Office screening officer will certify them as a child based on their “physical appearance” or “demeanour”.

The news comes after Conservative MPs yesterday questioned the ages of the 14 refugees who were brought to the UK from the Calais ‘Jungle’ migrant camp.

David Davies, the Tory MP for Monmouth, called for all refugees entering the UK to undergo rigorous checks to establish their age, such as dental investigations or X-rays.

He said: “It’s pretty obvious that migrants who are willing to risk jumping on moving lorries are not going to shy away from lying about their ages.

“We have to verify the ages independently with a test.”

Between September 2014 and September 2015, the ages of 590 asylum seekers were called into question, with 574 recorded as having an age assessment.

Of these 574, 371 were found to be adults upon being subjected to age checks.

Similarly, over the past decade, there have been a total of 11,121 age disputes, of which 4,828 were found to be adults.

The documents obtained from the Home Office say that refugees “should be treated as an adult if their physical appearance/ demeanour very strongly suggests that they are significantly over 18 years of age.”

It added: “All other applicants should be afforded the benefit of the doubt and treated as children.”

However, some MPs were upset by the Home Office’s regulations, with Mr Davies saying: “Currently Government advice is that they need to give these people the benefit of the doubt and that needs to change.

“I’m all for helping innocent children but it is completely ridiculous if we are just going to allow people in based on what they tell us.”…

Up to 300 Afghan, Syrian and stateless Bidun children will arrive in Britain this week after officials were sent to Calais to help French authorities speed up the transfer of minors ahead of the dismantling of the Jungle.

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  1. marc says

    Oct 19, 2016 at 6:44 pm

    Nearly all males, but of course it would be islamophobic to mention that.

    • Anne Smith says

      Oct 20, 2016 at 5:42 am

      It is fairly obvious that nearly all are fit, strong males of military age. The British civil servants deputed to organise this have had the wool pulled over their eyes by the French who “nominated” these particular individuals, assuring the gullible Brits that they were “children”.

      It is fairly clear that the French have sorted out troublemakers and got rid of them onto the British and we are stupid enough to accept this.

      With the ease fofdental checks (wisdom teeth) or computer facial recognition it would be a simple matter to sort these goats from the sheep – time for a decent government and sack the civil servants, they are going to be the death of us.

      • Bob says

        Oct 20, 2016 at 8:33 am

        At best we’re inviting into the UK junior jihadists -even if they ARE under eighteen! Theyll undoubtedly be radicalised once they attend a mosque!

        • Carolyne says

          Oct 20, 2016 at 11:27 am

          I think that if the “Refugee child” has a long straggly beard we can pretty well discern that he might be lying about his age.

  2. abad says

    Oct 19, 2016 at 6:56 pm

    The Looney Left will not want to hear this news.

  3. Mark A says

    Oct 19, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    Absolute madness!

    Why is Britain taking people from the Calais Jungle in the first place?

    And why would any western country simply accept a person claiming to be a minor when the statement is obviously false?

    The entire immigration and refugee system has become a farce.

  4. Ginger says

    Oct 19, 2016 at 7:15 pm

    It doesn’t matter that they are adults. Once they’re in, they are in for good. There are believed to be 1.5m illegals in the UK, which means England. That’s the official figure and most likely a gross under-estimate.

    • Norell says

      Oct 19, 2016 at 7:58 pm

      As of 2011 there are 2.7 million mussie in England today there are close to 4 million. France and Germany each have around 5 million. All of Europe about 29 million. There is only one way to get rid of them the Imma first.

      • Save Europe says

        Oct 19, 2016 at 8:34 pm

        1,200 Syrian invaders were put in the NE of England. Between them, they have amassed 900 arrests already. No joke.

        • jayell says

          Oct 20, 2016 at 3:28 am

          Only 900? And how about the things they got away with? Or were just ‘cautioned’? They certainly are bringing a little bit of sunny Syria to bland old boring Britain! (Or should that be ‘Sunni Syria’? Or are they from the other lot? Doesn’t seem to make much difference, does it?)

  5. Norell says

    Oct 19, 2016 at 7:50 pm

    Isn’t it strange that all of the leaders of the west would go out of their minds in love with the evil snake Mussie all at the same time? The only things that could do this would be money and power and a promise that these were all good people. What kind of a dumb F–k would sell out their country and all it’s people for a promise? Well Obaha for #1 and Clinton would be #2 plus all the leaders of Europe. Did they really think that we would all bend over and say this is a good idea?

  6. David, Thailand says

    Oct 19, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    Day by day our glorious leaders and media expect us to believe increasingly bizarre explanations for their capitulation and surrender to Islam, on our behalf.

  7. Save Europe says

    Oct 19, 2016 at 8:33 pm

    Many thanks to idiots like Lilly Allen, Vanessa Redgrave, Juliet Stevenson and other UK C-List celebrities for galvanising support from all the demented bleeding heart liberals in the UK. Absolute traitors! Children! My a*se ! Check their wrists, medically, for bone density. That reveals accurate age.

    • Angemon says

      Oct 20, 2016 at 6:32 am

      Let me guess: none of those “celebrities” took a single “refugee” on their home and vouched to take responsibility for their actions.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Oct 22, 2016 at 6:00 am

      In addition, there’s the test *Muslims* historically used.

      Pubic hair.

      No pubic hair, no underarm hair = child. Pubic hair and underarm hair, and beard if male = post-puberty, and in these cases, best to assume they are NOT 12-16 but at least 17-18 if not more.

      (Confine them with no access to a razor or ability to depilate by any other means, for about a week, and then get the medics to have a look when doing a mandatory *health check*).

      And hey, couldn’t the *dentists* help too? Do a dental check as part of the health check.

  8. gravenimage says

    Oct 19, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    Two thirds of ‘child’ refugees coming into Britain are actually adults
    …………………

    This should not surprise–in some Scandinavian countries, the number is up to *three-quarters*.

    “Just how old do you think these migrant ‘children’ are? Alarming pictures of refugees – including ‘the fastest 14-year-old in Sweden’ – that shed light on a growing scandal amid Europe’s asylum crisis”

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3422000/Just-old-think-migrant-children-Alarming-pictures-shed-light-growing-scandal-amid-asylum-crisis.html

    These “children” have actually been involved in the mass rapes in Europe. And why not? Many of them are old enough to shave, and are as old as their late twenties.

  9. ECAW says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 2:16 am

    Presumably this is a quid pro quo for Hollande levelling the jungle and distributing its denizens to unwilling French villages. Perversely this could turn out to be a goal for our side. Everyone can see that these are full grown men (a face recognition system estimated the features of one at 38) and therefore how we are being taken for fools by our leaders.

    Another straw. How strong is that camel’s back?

  10. jayell says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 3:33 am

    Actually, we are all aware of this in the UK, and where we don’t see it as huge joke (on us?) we are frankly hopping mad (you should hear some of the expletives!). They’ve been using face-recognition software on these poor infants, and the computer judged one of them to be 38 years old!!!!

  11. Dara says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 3:54 am

    If that ‘child’ came to my office, I’d test him for AIDS and TB – STAT.

    Problem with England is that Border Security and Immigration services are now largely controlled by moslems.

  12. particolor says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 4:53 am

    I was looking through the Definition of CHILDREN .. and came across…Someone who has not yet Grown Up !! Whereas this fits Perfectly with Muslim behaviour , I don’t think the English have a Bloody Clue what a Child looks like !!?? I think Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Keith Moon and the Man in the Moon could walk through without a second Glance !!!

  13. particolor says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 5:10 am

    Something is Wrong ! Something is Very Very WRONG in the World today !! This sort of behaviour would not be going on if Leaders had any Respect for their Country’s Whatsoever !! For things to be Happening like they are, there MUST be a Monitory Reward a Gigantic Ego or a Shocking Conspiracy Afoot !! Not many of you reading this would allow the Destruction Rape and Murder going on in your Country’s to continue for as long as this has been, without Declaring Martial Law and Cleaning the Show up !! So WHAT IS GOING ON ???.. Anyone ?

    • Marty says

      Oct 20, 2016 at 5:32 am

      In the UK the very worst crime is to be merely charged with being “racist”.
      The all powerful BBC is massively biased & has a major effect on electoral
      outcomes.
      By deliberately turning legitimate, indeed vital, concerns about islam &
      immigration into “racism” all serious political discussion was closed down
      for decades.
      As a devout Brexiter, (someone who wants national independence),
      I have had few qualms about EU immigration.
      What worries me is the massive illegal immigration from Pakistan & other
      muslim lands.
      Equally I’m fearful of the mohammedan state within a state which has been encouraged by most of our political classes. Complete with its own law courts.
      It’s called multiculturalism & is nothing to do with Chinese food or Hindu
      festivals.
      It means that mohammedans can rape, murder, commit Female Genital
      Mutilation, forced marriage, murder etc & go, largely unpunished.
      To point this out is “racist’.
      Additionally, Labour Party can count on massive support from mohammedans
      who practice massive electoral fraud.
      Without exaggeration, one can say that any muslim can exercise 20 or more
      votes, thanks to our slack, indeed virtually nonexistent, identity checks at
      the polls, & in postal voting.

      • particolor says

        Oct 20, 2016 at 5:46 am

        And they Do !! Or else you’d have Robert Smith instead of Genghis Khan for a Lord Mayor !!

      • Anne Smith says

        Oct 20, 2016 at 5:47 am

        You are right on every point Marty.

        Well said.

        The Labour Party has relied heavily on Muslim support and is now infiltrated by them at every level, so they exert far more influence than their numbers would suggest. Not to mention Sadiq Khan, the new Mayor of London………………………

      • High Hopes says

        Oct 20, 2016 at 10:33 am

        This is all true, with the added complication of little variation in the first and second names given to siblings, there may be two or three Mojameds in a family, or separate surnames for males and females. Fraud then, becomes deliciously easy, and everybody knows that if you were to ask questions about this, that could only be because you are such a racist person.

  14. ECAW says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 11:48 am

    If these men are chidren then these two are women:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3855882/This-war-drag-Cowardly-ISIS-fighters-flee-Mosul-dressed-women-s-clothes-leader-orders-wives-girlfriends-evacuate-city.html

  15. Michael Copeland says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    The “Jungle” is the product of failure by France to uphold French law.
    The invaders who are living there are not in any way the responsibility of the UK.

  16. James Stamulis says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 1:56 pm

    It is called an INVASION! Courtesy of Obama and the NWO!

  17. Frank Courtney says

    Oct 20, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    These grown men of military age are not children, refugees or economic migrants. They are invaders and potential jihadist rapists and murderers spurred on by their allegiance and commitment to the vile supremacist cult of Islam. They are waiting for the call, when conditions are conducive and their numbers sufficient, to turn against our indigenous population and establish the supremacy of Islam with sharia. It has happened before (Lebanon being a more recent example) and similar attempts will be made in Europe and America. Sweden will probably fall first thanks to their steadfast, lemming like commitment to national suicide.

  18. dumbledoresarmy says

    Oct 22, 2016 at 6:04 am

    The only glimmer of hope in the article is that you have at least *one* UK politician with commonsense.

    “David Davies, the Tory MP for Monmouth, called for all refugees entering the UK to undergo rigorous checks to establish their age, such as dental investigations or X-rays.

    “He said: “It’s pretty obvious that migrants who are willing to risk jumping on moving lorries are not going to shy away from lying about their ages.

    “We have to verify the ages independently with a test.””

    UK jihadwatchers – ESPECIALLY if you are lucky enough to be one of Mr David Davies’ constituents – … there’s your man. Get behind him and PUSH.

    Tell him he’s right. And if you’re not in Monmouth, then write politely and briefly to *your* MP, citing Mr Davies’ eminently sensible words, and demanding that *your* MP do likewise. Push for a proper age test based on the wrist x-ray and other relevant medical indicators (e.g. teeth). If forensic medics can determine the approximate age of a body – child or adult – from the bones, then it *ought* to be possible to figure out roughly how old a *living* person is.

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