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Radio 4,14 Dec 2009,30 mins

DNA Analysis of Asylum Seekers

Frontiers

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The Border Agency is part way through its Human Provenance Pilot Project, trialling suggestions that DNA and isotope data can test asylum seekers' credentials. But scientific experts in these techniques say the science cannot deliver. Gerry Northam investigates.

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