AN adult asylum seeker who posed as a 15-year-old schoolboy is still being treated as a child by British authorities.

The man, who has stubble and receding hair and is thought to be 30, caused uproar when he joined Stoke High School in Ipswich, Suffolk.

1 The man named as Siavash is still classed as a minor

But although the Home Office established he is an adult, the man — who calls himself Siavash and is from Iran — is still saying he’s under 18 on his asylum application.

His family can claim state allowances such as child benefit while his case is being considered.

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A source said: “He’s been pulled out of school but he’s still protected as a minor.”

The Home Office wouldn’t comment.

First picture of ‘adult asylum seeker who posed as a 15-year-old schoolboy to sit GCSEs’