[Osem]

The fact that it is difficult to prove conclusively is the very reason so many migrants turn up claiming to be under 18 and are coached to say so. The odds are that they'll get away it.

I don't think this is being thought through. If these young men have been so seriously traumatised by their experiences (which is one of the reasons we're told they need to come here) what extra provision is being made for them by way of mental health services etc.? It's patently obvious from, for example, the suicide rates in the UK that these services are unable to cope with the existing demand being placed on them to the point that during crises, young people are often having to be sent many miles away from their homes in order to get help/treatment because there are no secure places closer to home. It's not like there's much slack in the system so someone somewhere's going to lose out directly or indirectly and it won't be the great and the good who can afford to check themselves into private clinics when they're in need.