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The Latest: UK dentists slam child migrant X-Ray idea

MADRID (AP) – The Latest on the influx of asylum-seekers and migrants in Europe (all times local):

12:45 p.m.

British dentists have rejected a lawmaker’s suggestion that young migrants should have their teeth tested to ensure they are really children.

A group of 14 young migrants arrived in London this week from a camp in France, to be reunited with relatives in Britain.

Officials say they were aged between 14 and 17, but Conservative legislator David Davies said they “don’t look like ‘children.'”