Thread by @stand_for_all

Unsurprisingly bogus arguments by Migration Watch seemingly aimed at stoking hostility towards asylum seekers. We repeatedly see children being mis-aged as adults, a process which is already incredibly hard to get reversed and will become only harder. 1/

thetimes.co.uk/article/adc559…

If likes of Migration Watch actually were concerned with safety of children they would be campaigning to ensure that so many are not mis-categorised as adults. As it stands however changes imposed by the judicial review bill will effectively strip children of their last shot. 2/

It means that once a child has been mis-aged, which currently happens frequently due to the relatively subjective nature of existing age assessments, and is liable to become even more frequent due to proposals in the Borders Bill, they have little to no chance of appeal. 3/

It doesn't make children safer by treating even more as adults. That is exactly what Migration Watch et al are defacto campaigning for though with they calls for "tougher controls" in a system which already has controls so "tough" that they routinely put children in danger. 4/

For more information on risks posed to child welfare by the proposed tougher border controls, the very ones which Migration Watch argue in the article aren't tough enough to protect children, I suggest reading the written evidence on the harms they pose 5/
love146.org.uk/blog/love146-u…