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<p><em>The Home Office takes our duty of care towards children and young people extremely
seriously and we prioritise applications from children and young people.</em></p><p><em>If
the child’s 18th birthday passes before a substantive asylum interview has been conducted,
they are legally an adult. However, staff must follow best practice on children’s
cases. The child is interviewed by a decision maker who has completed the appropriate
training for handling children’s asylum claims and be given an opportunity to discuss
the statement of evidence form (SEF) as it may refer to issues that are child specific.</em></p><p><em>The
decision maker is trained in handling children’s cases. The Home Office would not
therefore cancel interviews based on a child turning 18. </em></p><p><em>Where the
applicant has since admitted to being an adult, or evidence confirms the applicant
as an adult, at the point of claiming asylum, the application is assessed as an adult
claim. </em></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/947900/sect-67-of-the-immigration-act-2016-leave-v3.0ext.pdf"
target="_blank">Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 asylum casework guidance (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p>
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