...Care workers say more than half these brought in are not children at all, but in their 20s. when the Norwegian government insisted on dental examinations for unaccompanied asylum-seeker children arriving in the country, it was found that nine out of ten were, in fact, over 18.....
In Britain, nearly two-thirds of child refugees quizzed about their real age were found to be adults,...Reports state they are aggressive and have an attitude problem. Many have no respect for women because of their culture, further having a bad influence on the young children by inciting them to steal and rob and various other street crimes,
.......in Kent last year ..3,045 unaccompanied minors claimed asylum of whom 91% were male and only 8 % were under 14........The local authority must look after them until the age of 25 if they are in full-time education including any university costs.
One immigration officer with 20 years experience explained.... 90% of them are not orphans... Their coming here is 'very well worked out'.... Their families have paid the people-traffickers to bring them here,... The intention is for the families to follow shortly after. For the most part, they are not fleeing for their lives...In Britain the ruse of claiming to be a child to get into the country is fairly widespread.
This term was popularised in United States by Mark Twain (among others), who attributed it to the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: