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Daily Archives: 25th August 2020

Hiwa’s Story

Hiwa’s Story

Age Assessments, Blog, Children, StoriesBy Frank Gresslin25th August 2020

These are the words of Hiwa*, a young person GMIAU supported, who came to the UK from Iran. He was detained following his age being disputed. A solicitor helped to secure his release from detention, and Hiwa subsequently had his age accepted.

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