Reliability of age assessment methods in the context of security and border management

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes: Improved protection of minors, including by more reliable age assessments and by minimising the use of intrusive age assessment methods; Improved adaptation, preparedness and cooperation of authorities in the fight against human trafficking; Expanded European-based knowledge on reliability, accuracy and effectiveness of age assessment methods. Scope: Many unaccompanied children and young persons arriving at the external EU borders and seeking asylum, lack official documents showing their identity and age. Age assessment methods are important as they contribute to the determination of, for example, where an individual will be initially housed and what services, supports, and legal processes they will receive to ensure protection and, if applicable, child protection. In other cas… more

Border and coastguardsBorder and external securityEnsure Identification and control of goods and peopleOrganised crimeSecurityTrafficking in human beingsage assessmentborder managementbordersminorspreparednessprotection

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   HAKAN ÖMER TUNCA

   Öğretim Görevlisi (ders Vermekle Görevli)Atılım Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Peacebuilding and International Security

   Overlapping papers: POST-CONFLICT DYNAMICS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: EVALUATING THE FUTURE OF ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN PEACE EFFORTS (2026) · Turkey’s Preventive Operations against Terrorists across Southern Border (2022)

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   MUHAMMED YASİR BODUR

   Araştırma GörevlisiSakarya Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration

   Overlapping papers: Between Empowerment and Surveillance: Forced Migration and Information and Communication Technologies (2024) · Who Is Smuggler? Contradictory Positions and Unsettled Roles in Smuggling Assemblage on the Balkan Route (2026)

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   VUSLAT NUR ŞAHİN TEMEL

   Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiAnkara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Global Security and Public Health · Peacebuilding and International Security

   Overlapping papers: Japan’s Border Measures during Covid-19: How the Crisis Shaped ‘Others’ to Protect the ‘Stability of Self’ (2024) · Bordering the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Schengen Visa: Contested Policies and Persistent Effects for Mobility Rights (2025)

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   BURAK ŞAKİR ŞEKER

   DoçentAnkara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Maritime Security and History · Global Energy Security and Policy

   Overlapping papers: THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR POWER ON ENERGY SECURITY (2023) · İKİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI ÖNCESİ DÖNEMDE TÜRK-GÜRCÜ ORTAK TARİHİNİN GELECEK DÖNEM İLİŞKİLERİNE ETKİLERİ (2023)

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   CEREN KARAGÖZOĞLU

   Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiSakarya Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Global Peace and Security Dynamics

   Overlapping papers: İzinsiz Giriş, Geçiş ve İkametin Kolaylaştırılmasını Önlemek İçin Cezai Çerçevenin Güçlendirilmesine İlişkin 2002 tarihli Avrupa Birliği Direktifi ve Çerçeve Kararı Bağlamında İnsani Yardımın Cezalandırılabilirliği Sorunu (2024) · Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyi Bireye Yönelik Ekonomik Yaptırım Kararları ve İnsan Hakları İlişkisi (2019)

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   PINAR AKGÜL

   Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiGiresun Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Global Energy Security and Policy · Global Security and Public Health

   Overlapping papers: THE DILEMMA BETWEEN RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY IN THE EU BORDER MANAGEMENT POLICIES (2022) · QUESTIONING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EU\u2019S EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY: A CASE OF UKRAINE (2021)

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   ÇİĞDEM NAS

   DoçentYıldız Teknik Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Global Energy Security and Policy · European Politics and Security

   Overlapping papers: The EU’xxs Approach to the Syrian Crisis: Turkey as a Partner? (2019)

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