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AI will be used to estimate age of asylum seekers from next year
The UK will deploy an AI age estimation tool at borders from 2027 to detect adult migrants posing as children, with Akhter Computers Ltd contracted to develop the technology, but human rights groups and social workers criticize the unproven system as risking safeguarding and violating children’s rights.
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15 tagsAIage estimationasylum seekersUK bordermigrantsHuman Rights WatchBritish Association of Social WorkersAkhter Computers LtdAlex NorrisDoverFranceChannel crossingssafeguardinghuman rightsimmigration
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AI will be used to estimate age of asylum seekers from next year
May 30, 2026, 2:23 AM
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