Eritrean teenager who killed himself in UK lacked right support, inquest finds
Social workers struggled to provide effective help for Alexander Tekle, one of four friends who all killed themselves, coroner says
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Social workers struggled to provide effective help for Alexander Tekle, one of four friends who all killed themselves, coroner says
The government plans to bring in "new scientific methods" for assessing the age of asylum-seeking children in disputes over how old they are.
Alexander Tekle, from Eritrea, East Africa, was found dead in Mitcham, south London, in December 2017, less than a year after arriving in the UK, Westminster Coroner's Court heard.
Alexander Tekle was second of four Eritrean asylum seekers to kill themselves within 16-month period
Campaigners call for an inquiry into the rate of suicides among young asylum seekers in the UK.