GETTY Child migrants have been brought to Britain but their ages have been questioned

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This week, bus loads of ‘child’ migrants arrived from the Calais Jungle after being branded "unaccompanied" minors. However, their ages have been brought into question when migrants who looked like grown men arrived in Croydon, Surrey, when Brits were expecting to see small children. MP David Davies suggested their ages should be checked using radiographs on their teeth - but the British Dental Association said it was "vigorously opposed" to the method of assessment, labelling such a move inappropriate. However, such tests are carried out on migrants in France and the US. And the Home Office ruled out this basic test of legitimacy as "too intrusive". However, comparisons have been drawn with the testing of sick and disabled British tax-payers who are made to take part in strict and ‘intrusive’ assessments for benefits they have already been awarded. The tests are often far from home and can even be in centres without disability access.

GETTY Tests to discover ages are not being done on lone migrants over suggestions it is "invasive"

Disabled Brits who have gone through them have labelled them humiliating. Three tests are carried out including "daily living activities" which can include whether or not the person even managed to get to the centre. There are also observations in the assessment centre and Lima software testing - in which they are tested against a list of criteria. The system is described as "incredibly unfair" with some being unable to score points in tests, for example a blind person is unable to collect points in the observing danger category.

GETTY Disabled people are put through rigorous testing but migrants will not be

Philip Connolly Policy and Communications Manager for Disability Rights UK said the testing which disabled people must undergo is "cruel". He said: "The tests are quite inhumane, some of them. "We do not have a fair assessment system. "It is so stressful for the people undergoing these tests - they are counterproductive and lead to people becoming unfit for work." Mr Connolly said it would not be fair to draw a comparison with the situation faced by the migrant children, but insisted testing for disabled people in the UK is harsh and invasive. If a test shows an individual is not eligible for the disability benefit their payments can be slashed from £93 per week to standard job seekers payments worth £65 per week, or to nothing at all. It has been suggested the migrant children will be put in foster care after assessment by trained specialists.

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But experts on tests faced by disabled people claim British people are made to travel miles to be put under embarrassing tests. Simon Duffy, director at the Centre for Welfare Reform said the tests faced by disabled people are invasive and put the person last. He said: "The assessment will not be at your convenience, it will be somewhere they decide which might not have access for disabled people. The assessor will not have read your relevant medical information and may ask you things which will insult you or are irrelevant. "The Government incentivises assessors to reduce the number of positives. "From beginning to end they are designed to demean and insult people." Politicians and campaigners alike have questioned why when disabled people have to go through such rigorous, "inhumane" testing.

GETTY Disabled people in Britain are made to travel to test centres for assessments

Why don't the border force use their common sense when dealing with them & for most who arrived in the past few it is obvious they not under 18 Star Anderton

UKIP Disability Spokeswoman Cllr Star Anderton said: "Disabled people are being treated in a way that is intrusive yet the "unaccompanied children" from the Jungle are able to hoodwink the border agency about their age. "Why don't the border force use their common sense when dealing with them and for most who arrived in the past few it is obvious they not under 18. "During an assessment for all sickness & disability benefit claims people have to show they fit the related DWP descriptors & have problems with physical movements. Any who refuses to do these are often "sanctioned" or have their benefits withdrawn. "The assessments are invasive as you're asked all manner of questions about your life plus you must prove who you say you are by providing photographic ID. If you can't supply the ID then you're claim is delayed or denied."

GETTY Child migrants are being protected from testing by the Home Office despite such measures elsewhere