![A migrant with UK Border Force personnel. On Thursday, 271 people arrived in the UK on small boats from France. Getty Images](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/W6AH7BGQXBPVW3M3U6W7FXQRRM.jpg?smart=true&auth=c5ffbc693563192fa0210a27277b6ecd431ca74cdad3cfe631bdc2bf1adb8bd0&width=400&height=225)
A migrant with UK Border Force personnel. On Thursday, 271 people arrived in the UK on small boats from France. Getty Images
A migrant with UK Border Force personnel. On Thursday, 271 people arrived in the UK on small boats from France. Getty Images
UK tightens asylum rules to stop adults posing as children
Anyone who looks over 18 and claims to be a minor will be treated as an adult