Ms Edel McGinley:

Pretty much. Often, however, there are issues around proving one's age with questions being posed such as what age is the person and whether the person is 16 or 17 or 18 or 20. There also can be issues around establishing the age of the unaccompanied minor because he or she may have fled persecution and not have documents. This is part of the asylum process. It can, therefore, be difficult to try to prove a person's identity and age. It can be an issue for children that they are not believed when they say the age they might be.