Haris Stanikzai, who says he is 16, pictured this month and, right, in a photo from social media. He enrolled at Jahan University, Kabul, three years ago

The government was facing fresh questions last night over its scheme to bring child refugees from the Calais Jungle to Britain after an investigation by The Sunday Times found that one of them was enrolled at a university in Afghanistan more than three years ago.

Haris Stanikzai, who says he is 16 and was one of the first to be given sanctuary, also has an internet dating profile which describes him as a 22-year-old.

Photographs on social media, including two LinkedIn profiles listing him as a student at Jahan University in Kabul, show him with a beard and looking older than his current appearance. A common factor in the images are the distinctive moles on his face.

This weekend, Stanikzai’s uncle, with whom he lives