Fury as Labour plan to use AI to guess migrants’ ages

Fury as Labour plan to use AI to guess migrants’ agesCharities have warned the Government plan to use tech to guess the age of a migrant was "deeply concerning". Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Richard Ashmore, Senior News Reporter 21:42, Mon, Jun 1, 2026 Updated: 21:45, Mon, Jun 1, 2026 Labour claims new tech will be able to guess ages better than a person can (Image: Getty)More than 100 children's charities have wanred new Labour plans to use AI to guess the age of arriving migrants could lead to serious failings. The Home Office have announced replacing people power with computers in order to try and estimate how old asylum seekers are when their stated age is in dispute. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) The co-chair of the Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium Kamena Dorling, called the government’s proposals "deeply concerning". And a new report, Benchmarks and Borders: the use of facial age estimation to assess the age of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum, warns against the blanket use of AI in favour of in-person human assessment. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Get the latest politics news - straight from our team in Westminster and more Subscribe Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy PolicyHome Office...