被指未能准确评估部分声称未成年的难民的年龄后，瑞典移民局 (Migrationsverket) 设计了这些测试，以期在避难过程中进行更准确的年龄评估。
They are designed to make age assessment during the asylum process more accurate after the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) was criticized for failings in assessing the correct age of some refugees claiming to be underage.